LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

aequālitās

aequālitās f (genitive aequālitātis)
Classical[ae̯ˈkʷaː.lɪ.taːs]Ecclesiastical[eˈkʷaː.li.tas]

Meaning

  1. equality, similarity, uniformity
  2. political equality
  3. equality of age
  4. evenness, levelness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeaequālitāsaequālitātēs
genitiveaequālitātisaequālitātum
dativeaequālitātīaequālitātibus
accusativeaequālitātemaequālitātēs
ablativeaequālitāteaequālitātibus
vocativeaequālitāsaequālitātēs

aequālĭtas, ātis, f. aequalis,
I. equality, similarity, uniformity (syn.: similitudo, planities, aequitas).
I. In gen.: similitudo aequalitasque verborum, Cic. Part. Or 6: fraterna, id. Lig. 12; Vulg. 2 Cor. 8, 13, 14.—
II. In Tac. freq. of political equality, = ἰσοτιμία: omnes exutā aequalitate jussa principis aspectare, Tac. A. 1, 4; 3, 74; cf. id. ib. 26, and id. H. 2, 38.—
III. Of equality in age (cf. aequalis, II.): et aequalitas vestra et pares honorum gradus, Cic Brut. 42.—
IV. The equality, evenness of a place: maris, i. e. mare tranquillum, a calm, γαλήνη, Sen, Ep. 53: (Oesypum) carnes excrescentes ad aequalitatem reducit, Plin. 30, 13, 39, § 113.

Origins

  1. Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
  2. Old Latinaiquos
  3. Latinaequālitās

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin aequālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin aequālitās From aequālis (“equal, even, level”) + -tās.

Descendants
  • Catalanigualtat
  • Englishequality
  • Frenchégalité
  • GermanEgalitätfrom French égalité
  • Romanianegalitatefrom French égalité
  • Occitanegalitat
  • Portugueseigualdade
  • Spanishigualdad
  • Friulianavualitât
  • Galicianigualdade

In English words that came into English from aequālitās

  • equalityaequālitās

Quick answers

What does aequālitās mean in Latin?
aequālitās, a noun, means “equality, similarity, uniformity; political equality; equality of age”.
What is the genitive of aequālitās?
The genitive singular is aequālitātis. aequālitās is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce aequālitās?
In classical Latin, [ae̯ˈkʷaː.lɪ.taːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈkʷaː.li.tas].
Where does aequālitās come from?
Proto-Italic *aikʷos? → Old Latin aiquos → Latin aequālitās.