verbfirst conjugation
aequō
aequō (present infinitive aequāre, perfect active aequāvī, supine aequātum)
Classical[ˈae̯.kʷoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.kʷo]
aequātus perf. pass. ptcp.
Meaning
- to equalize, make equal to something else, equate
Flagitabant ambo exercitus multa extra ordinem, ante omnia ut aequarentur stipendio praetorianis
Both armies asked for many special privileges, above all, that they should receive the same pay as the Praetorians (literally, “Both armies asked for much outside of order, before all, that they should be made equal to the Praetorians in regard to their stipend”)c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De Vita Caesarum Tiberius 25 - to compare; to place on equal footing with
- to make level or smooth
- to make fair or right; divide equally, apportion fairly or reasonably
Iūra dabat lēgēsque virīs, operumque labōrem
[Dido] was giving justice and laws to the men, and the labor of the projects she was dividing equally into suitable portions, or was assigning it by lot.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.507–508 - to become equal with
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | aequō | aequābam | aequābō | aequāvī | aequāveram aequāram | aequāverō aequārō |
| 2nd sg. | aequās | aequābās | aequābis | aequāvistī aequāstī | aequāverās aequārās | aequāveris aequāris |
| 3rd sg. | aequat | aequābat | aequābit | aequāvit aequāt | aequāverat aequārat | aequāverit aequārit |
| 1st pl. | aequāmus | aequābāmus | aequābimus | aequāvimus aequāmus | aequāverāmus aequārāmus | aequāverimus aequārimus |
| 2nd pl. | aequātis | aequābātis | aequābitis | aequāvistis aequāstis | aequāverātis aequārātis | aequāveritis aequāritis |
| 3rd pl. | aequant | aequābant | aequābunt | aequāvērunt aequārunt, aequāvēre | aequāverant aequārant | aequāverint aequārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | aequem | aequārem | aequāverim aequārim | aequāvissem aequāssem |
| 2nd sg. | aequēs | aequārēs | aequāverīs aequārīs | aequāvissēs aequāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | aequet | aequāret | aequāverit aequārit | aequāvisset aequāsset |
| 1st pl. | aequēmus | aequārēmus | aequāverīmus aequārīmus | aequāvissēmus aequāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | aequētis | aequārētis | aequāverītis aequārītis | aequāvissētis aequāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | aequent | aequārent | aequāverint aequārint | aequāvissent aequāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | aequor | aequābar | aequābor |
| 2nd sg. | aequāris aequāre | aequābāris aequābāre | aequāberis aequābere |
| 3rd sg. | aequātur | aequābātur | aequābitur |
| 1st pl. | aequāmur | aequābāmur | aequābimur |
| 2nd pl. | aequāminī | aequābāminī | aequābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | aequantur | aequābantur | aequābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | aequer | aequārer |
| 2nd sg. | aequēris aequēre | aequārēris aequārēre |
| 3rd sg. | aequētur | aequārētur |
| 1st pl. | aequēmur | aequārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | aequēminī | aequārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | aequentur | aequārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | aequā | aequāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | aequāte | aequāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | aequātō | aequātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | aequātō | aequātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | aequātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | aequantō | aequantor |
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | aequāre | aequārī |
| perfect infinitive | aequāvisse aequāsse | aequātum esse |
| future infinitive | aequātūrum esse | aequātum īrī |
| present participle | aequāns aequante, aequantem, aequantēs, aequantī, aequantia, aequantibus, aequantis, aequantīs, aequantium | — |
| perfect participle | — | aequātus aequāta, aequātā, aequātae, aequātam, aequātārum, aequātās, aequātī, aequātōrum, aequātōs |
| future participle | aequātūrus aequātūra, aequātūrā, aequātūrae, aequātūram, aequātūrārum, aequātūrās, aequātūre, aequātūrī, aequātūrīs, aequātūrō, aequātūrōrum, aequātūrōs, aequātūrum | aequandus aequanda, aequandā, aequandae, aequandam, aequandārum, aequandās, aequande, aequandīs, aequandōrum, aequandōs |
gerundaequandī, aequandō, aequandumsupineaequātum, aequātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- oppidum solo aequare
- to raze a town to the ground.
- aqua pectus aequat, superat
- the water is up to, is above, the chest.
aequo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. aequus.
I. Act., to make one thing equal to another; constr. with cum and (in gen. in the histt.) with dat., and with cop. conj. (cf. adaequo).
(a). With cum:
inventum est temperamentum, quo tenuiores cum principibus aequari se putarent, Cic. Leg. 3, 10: cum suas quisque opes cum potentissimis aequari videat, Caes. B. G. 6, 22: numerum (corporum) cum navibus, Verg. A. 1, 193.— (b). With dat.:
Insedabiliter sitis arida, corpora mersans, Aequabat multum parvis umoribus imbrem, an unquenchable, burning thirst ... made the most copious stream seem to them as only a few drops, Lucr. 6, 1176: per somnum vinumque dies noctibus aequare, Liv. 31, 41: aequavit togatus armati gloriam collegae, id. 4, 10, 8: cujus magnitudini semper animum aequavit, id. 33, 21, 3 (but in id. 6, 20, 8, facta dictis aequando, dictis is abl.; v Weissenb. ad h. l.); Vell. 2, 127; aequare solo templum, to level with the ground, Tac. A. 1, 51; so domum, Quint. 3, 7, 20, and Aur. Vict. Vir. lllustr. 17. 5; and in an extended sense: Scipio Numantiam excisam aequavit solo, Vell. 2, 4.—Hence, trop.: solo aequandae sunt dictaturae consulatusque, entirely abolished, Liv 6, 18.—(g). With cop. conj.:
Curios aequare Fabriciosque, Aur. Vict. Caes. 18, 2. —Poet.: si protinus illum Aequāsset nocti ludum, had played through the whole night, Verg. A. 9, 338.—Hence also, B. In comparison, to place a thing on an equality with, to compare.; in Cic. with cum; later with dat.:
aequare et conferre scelera alicujus cum aliis, Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 8: ne aequaveritis Hannibali Philippum, ne Carthaginiensibus Macedonas: Pyrrho certe aequabitis, Liv. 31, 7: Deum homini non aequabo, Vulg. Job, 32, 21: quis in nubibus aequabitur Domino, ib. Psa. 88, 7.—C. Of places, to make level, even, or smooth:
aequata agri planities, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48; and trop.: aequato discrimine, at an equal distance, Lucr. 5, 690: aequato omnium periculo, Caes. B. G. 1, 25: aequato Marte, Liv. 1, 25: aequato jure omnium, id. 2, 3.—Poet.: ibant aequati numero, divided into equal parts, Verg. A. 7, 698: foedera regum Vel Gabiis vel cum rigidis aequata Sabinis, i. e. aequis legibus icta, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25; cf.: si foedus est, si societas aequatio juris est ... cur non omnia aequantur? placed in the same circumstances? Liv. 8, 4.—D. T. t.
1. Aequare frontem, milit. t., to make an equal front, Liv. 5, 38:
aequatis frontibus, Tib. 4, 1, 102; v. frons.—2. Aequare sortes, to see that the lots are equal in number to those who draw, of the same material, and each with a different name. The classical passage for this phrase is Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 35: conicite sortes: uxor, aequa (sc. eas); v. the preceding verses. So Cic. Fragm. Or. Corn. 1, p. 449 Orell.: dum sitella defertur, dum aequantur sortes, dum sortitio fit, etc.—
II. Neutr. or act., to become equal to one, to equal, come up to, attain to (mostly in the histt.); constr. with dat., but oftener with acc. (cf. adaequo and aequipero, and Zumpt, §
389, 1): qui jam illis fere aequārunt, Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3; Ov. M. 6, 21: ea arte aequāsset superiores reges, ni, etc., Liv. 1, 53; so, cursu equum, id. 31, 35; for which Curtius: cursum alicujus, 4, 1: gloriam alicujus, Suet. Caes. 55: eam picturam imitati sunt multi, aequavit nemo, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 126; Luc. 3, 456.—Poet.: sagitta aequans ventos, like the winds in swiftness, Verg. A. 10, 248: valet nondum munia comparis Aequare (juvenca), i. e. cannot yet draw even with her mate, Hor. C. 2, 5, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
aequō āvī, ātus, āre
aequus, to make equal, equalize: suas opes cum potentissimis aequari, Cs.: numerum (corporum) cum navibus, V.: fortunam animis, L.: tecta caelo, raise, V.: illi ... amorem, returns equal love, V.: imperium terris, animos Olympo, extend, V.: solo aequandae sunt dictaturae, abolished, L.: nocti ludum, i. e. play all night, V.: Ibant aequati numero, i. e. kept step to the song, V.: aequato omnium periculo, Cs.: aequato Marte, L.: cur non omnia aequantur? i. e. equally vested in the two parties, L.: caelo te laudibus, raise, V.: laborem Partibus iustis (abl.), distribute equally, V.: foedera cum rigidis aequata Sabinis, i. e. made on equal terms, H. — To place on an equality with, compare: scelera cum aliis. — Of places, to make level, even, smooth: locum, Cs.: area aequanda cylindro, V.: pumice omnia, Ct.: aciem, i. e. make as long as the enemy's, L.: nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, L. — To become equal, equal, come up to, attain, reach: illis se: caelum, to reach, O.: cum sulcos aequant sata, i. e. grow as high as the ridges, V.: facta dictis, i. e. speak worthily of the achievements, L.: lacrimis labores, lament adequately, V.: regum opes animis, i. e. rival by his spirit, V.: ducem passibus, keep pace with, V.: sagitta aequans ventos, as swift as the winds, V.: vellera nebulas aequantia, i. e. as fine as mist, O.: munia comparis, i. e. draw even with her mate, H.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
- Old Latinaiquos
- Latinaequō
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin aequō From aequus (“level, equal”) + -ō.
Elsewhere
- Englishequate
- Spanisheguar
- Spanishiguar
- Asturianiguar
- Old Frenchever
- Galicianigarfrom Old Galician-Portuguese iguar
- Proto-West Germanic*īkwōn
Old Francoprovencal
- Franco-Provençalégouar
In English words that came into English from aequō
- equationaequātiō
- adequateadaequātus
- equableaequābilis
- equateaequātus
- equabilityaequabilitas
- adequationadaequatio
- adequativeadaequātivus