Latin

Noun

aequum n ‎(genitive aequī); second declension

1. what is right or fair
2. level ground
3. equal footing

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• aequē
• aequō
• aequor
• aequus

References

• aequum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aequum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have an appreciative audience: populum facilem, aequum habere
    
  • to judge some one equitably: aequum iudicem se alicui praebere
    
  • (ambiguous) to endure a thing with (the greatest) sang-froid: aequo (aequissimo) animo ferre aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) justly and equitably: ex aequo et bono (Caecin. 23. 65)
    
  • (ambiguous) to live with some one on an equal footing: aequo iure vivere cum aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) in a favourable position: idoneo, aequo, suo (opp. iniquo) loco
    
• aequum in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press