aequitas

Latin

Alternative forms

• equitas

Etymology

From aequus (“equal, even”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.kʷi.taːs/, [ˈäe̯kʷɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kwi.tas/, [ˈɛːkwit̪äs]

Noun

aequitās f (genitive aequitātis); third declension

1. uniformity, evenness, equalness
2. equality, equanimity
3. impartiality, equity, fairness, justice

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aequitās	aequitātēs
Genitive	aequitātis	aequitātum
Dative	aequitātī	aequitātibus
Accusative	aequitātem	aequitātēs
Ablative	aequitāte	aequitātibus
Vocative	aequitās	aequitātēs

Descendants

• Old Spanish: eguedat, yeguedat, yenguedat
• → Catalan: equitat
• → Old French: equite
  • → English: equity
  • French: équité
    • → Romanian: echitate
• → Italian: equità
• → Portuguese: equidade
• → Galician: equidade
• → Spanish: equidad

References

• “aequitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aequitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aequitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.