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aequus
aequus
Latin
Adjective
aequus m (feminine aequa, neuter aequum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | aequus | aequa | aequum | aequī | aequae | aequa | |
| genitive | aequī | aequae | aequī | aequōrum | aequārum | aequōrum | |
| dative | aequō | aequō | aequīs | ||||
| accusative | aequum | aequam | aequum | aequōs | aequās | aequa | |
| ablative | aequō | aequā | aequō | aequīs | |||
| vocative | aeque | aequa | aequum | aequī | aequae | aequa | |
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References
- aequus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aequus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aequus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) friend and foe: aequi iniqui
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(ambiguous) to endure a thing with (the greatest) sang-froid: aequo (aequissimo) animo ferre aliquid
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(ambiguous) justly and equitably: ex aequo et bono (Caecin. 23. 65)
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(ambiguous) a sound judicial system: aequa iuris descriptio (Off. 2. 4. 15)
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(ambiguous) to live with some one on an equal footing: aequo iure vivere cum aliquo
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(ambiguous) in a favourable position: idoneo, aequo, suo (opp. iniquo) loco
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(ambiguous) friend and foe: aequi iniqui
- ↑ “equo” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2