aequo

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From aequus (“level, equal”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

aequō (present infinitive aequāre, perfect active aequāvī, supine aequātum); first conjugation

  1. to equalize, make equal to something else, equate
  2. to compare; to place on equal footing with
    Synonyms: comparō, contendō, cōnferō
  3. to make level or smooth
    Synonyms: adaequō, sternō, pariō
  4. to make fair or right; divide equally, apportion fairly or reasonably
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.507–508:
      Iūra dabat lēgēsque virīs, operumque labōrem
      partibus aequābat iūstīs, aut sorte trahēbat.
      [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.
  5. to become equal with
Conjugation
   Conjugation of aequō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present aequō aequās aequat aequāmus aequātis aequant
imperfect aequābam aequābās aequābat aequābāmus aequābātis aequābant
future aequābō aequābis aequābit aequābimus aequābitis aequābunt
perfect aequāvī aequāvistī,
aequāstī1		 aequāvit,
aequāt1		 aequāvimus,
aequāmus1		 aequāvistis,
aequāstis1		 aequāvērunt,
aequāvēre,
aequārunt1
pluperfect aequāveram,
aequāram1		 aequāverās,
aequārās1		 aequāverat,
aequārat1		 aequāverāmus,
aequārāmus1		 aequāverātis,
aequārātis1		 aequāverant,
aequārant1
future perfect aequāverō,
aequārō1		 aequāveris,
aequāris1		 aequāverit,
aequārit1		 aequāverimus,
aequārimus1		 aequāveritis,
aequāritis1		 aequāverint,
aequārint1
passive present aequor aequāris,
aequāre		 aequātur aequāmur aequāminī aequantur
imperfect aequābar aequābāris,
aequābāre		 aequābātur aequābāmur aequābāminī aequābantur
future aequābor aequāberis,
aequābere		 aequābitur aequābimur aequābiminī aequābuntur
perfect aequātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect aequātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect aequātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present aequem aequēs aequet aequēmus aequētis aequent
imperfect aequārem aequārēs aequāret aequārēmus aequārētis aequārent
perfect aequāverim,
aequārim1		 aequāverīs,
aequārīs1		 aequāverit,
aequārit1		 aequāverīmus,
aequārīmus1		 aequāverītis,
aequārītis1		 aequāverint,
aequārint1
pluperfect aequāvissem,
aequāssem1		 aequāvissēs,
aequāssēs1		 aequāvisset,
aequāsset1		 aequāvissēmus,
aequāssēmus1		 aequāvissētis,
aequāssētis1		 aequāvissent,
aequāssent1
passive present aequer aequēris,
aequēre		 aequētur aequēmur aequēminī aequentur
imperfect aequārer aequārēris,
aequārēre		 aequārētur aequārēmur aequārēminī aequārentur
perfect aequātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect aequātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — aequā — — aequāte —
future — aequātō aequātō — aequātōte aequantō
passive present — aequāre — — aequāminī —
future — aequātor aequātor — — aequantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives aequāre aequāvisse,
aequāsse1		 aequātūrum esse aequārī aequātum esse aequātum īrī
participles aequāns — aequātūrus — aequātus aequandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
aequandī aequandō aequandum aequandō aequātum aequātū

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Asturian: iguar
  • Old Francoprovencal: eguar, eiguar
    • Franco-Provençal: égouar
  • Old French: ever
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: iguar
  • Spanish: eguar, iguar
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *īkwōn (see there for further descendants)

Adjective

aequō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of aequus

Noun

aequō

  1. dative/ablative singular of aequum

References
  • “aequo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aequo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aequo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the water is up to, is above, the chest: aqua pectus aequat, superat
    • to raze a town to the ground: oppidum solo aequare
    • (ambiguous) to endure a thing with (the greatest) sang-froid: aequo (aequissimo) animo ferre aliquid
    • (ambiguous) justly and equitably: ex aequo et bono (Caecin. 23. 65)
    • (ambiguous) a sound judicial system: aequa iuris descriptio (Off. 2. 4. 15)
    • (ambiguous) to live with some one on an equal footing: aequo iure vivere cum aliquo
    • (ambiguous) in a favourable position: idoneo, aequo, suo (opp. iniquo) loco
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