adverb
aequē
aequē (comparative aequius, superlative aequissimē)
Classical[ˈae̯.kʷeː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.kʷe]
№ 904 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- equally, as, just as, in like manner
- as much as
- justly, with equity
aequē, adv., v. aequus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
aequē adv. with comp. and sup.
aequus, equally, in like manner, just as, in an equal degree, to the same extent: Utin omnes eadem aeque studeant, T.: honore non aeque omnes egent: aeque calidus animis et cursibus acer, V.: trabes aeque longae, Cs.: novi aeque omnia tecum, T.: nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus, our friends as ourselves: quod ... aeque neglectum pueris senibusque nocebit, H.: id quod Aeque pauperibus prodest, locupletibus aeque, H.—Aeque ... ac, as ... as; as, as much as: hebes aeque ac pecus, Att. ap. C.: numquam aeque ac modo, never so much as of late, T.: qui illis aeque ac tu ipse gauderet: iumenta aeque nitida, ac si, etc., in just as good condition, N. — Aeque ... quam, as ... as, as well ... . as: optatum aeque, quam ut, etc., as acceptable as, etc., L.: Expalluit aeque quam puer ipse deus, O. — Ellipt.: nihil est aeque quod faciam lubens, so cheerfully, T.: quibus non aeque est cognitus, not so well known: Camillus aeque prospero eventu pugnat, L.—Justly, equitably: lex aequissime scripta: societatem aeque tuens: ferro quam fame aequius perituros, better, S.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
- Old Latinaiquos
- Latinaequē
Latin -ē Latin aequē From aequus (“level, even, equal”) + -ē.