aequatio

Latin

Etymology

From aequō (“make equal or level”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈkʷaː.ti.oː/, [äe̯ˈkʷäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈkwat.t͡si.o/, [eˈkwät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

aequātiō f (genitive aequātiōnis); third declension

1. an equalization, equal distribution
2. (mathematics) equation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aequātiō	aequātiōnēs
Genitive	aequātiōnis	aequātiōnum
Dative	aequātiōnī	aequātiōnibus
Accusative	aequātiōnem	aequātiōnēs
Ablative	aequātiōne	aequātiōnibus
Vocative	aequātiō	aequātiōnēs

Related terms

• aequābilis
• aequābilitās
• aequālis
• aequālitās
• aequitās
• aequō
• aequum
• aequus

Descendants

• Catalan: equació
• English: equation
• French: équation
• → Galician: ecuación
• Italian: equazione
• → Portuguese: equação
• Romanian: ecuație
• Spanish: ecuación

References

• “aequatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aequatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aequatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• aequatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.