“equilateral” in Latin

aequis lateribus. To describe an equilateral triangle on a given line, data linea triangulum aequis lateribus constituere (Quint.): [aequilateralis (Censor); aequilaterus (Marcellinus, Capell., and Firmic., Math.); aequilatus, eris (Auson., Griph., 41); isopleuros (ἰσόπλευρος), Aus., Praef. ad Idyll., 13.] EQUILIBRIUM, momentum par (ἰσοῤῥοπία; Vid: Col. 3, 12, 4) [not aequilibritas, which is a translation by Cic., of ἰσονομία, nor aequilibrium. Vid: Latin Dict.: aequipondium, equality of weight; Varr.]. Standing in equilibrium, pari momento or suis ponderibus libratus; paribus examinatus ponderibus: to be in equilibrium, to produce an equilibrium, pari pondere parem pensionem perficere: to preserve an equilibrium, to be in equilibrium, sua momenta sustentare (Vid: Kuhner ad Cic., Tusc., p. 89): sua vi et suo nutu teneri: suis ponderibus librari: to place anything in a state of equilibrium, aliquid, velut in ponderibus constitutum, examinare (Sen., N. Quaest., 3, 10, 3): the equilibrium of anything is destroyed, portionum aequitas turbatur (Sen., ib.): to lose one’s equilibrium, labi.

IMPROPR., aequitas (equality) :aequilibritas (equilibrium of the powers of nature = ἰσονομία, aequalis tributio, Cic.): political equilibrium, *aequa civium conditio. To preserve the equilibrium of parties in a state, providere, ne aequa civitatis conditio turbetur (after Sen., N. Quaest., 3, 10, 3): to restore the equilibrium of anything, dissipatas alicujus rei partes rursus in suum locum cogere (Cic., Tusc., 3, 36, 78).