aequum

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inflected form of aequus.

Adjective

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aequum

  1. inflection of aequus:
    1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
    2. masculine accusative singular

Etymology 2

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Substantive use of aequus (level, even, equal).

Noun

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aequum n (genitive aequī); second declension

  1. what is right or fair
  2. level ground
  3. equal footing
Declension
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aequum aequa
Genitive aequī aequōrum
Dative aequō aequīs
Accusative aequum aequa
Ablative aequō aequīs
Vocative aequum aequa
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References

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  • aequum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aequum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to have an appreciative audience: populum facilem, aequum habere
    • to judge some one equitably: aequum iudicem se alicui praebere
    • (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) 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
  • aequum”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press