aequo

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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.
      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,
aequārunt,
aequāvēre1
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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present aequāre aequārī aequāns —
future aequātūrum esse aequātum īrī aequātūrus aequandus
perfect aequāvisse,
aequāsse1 		aequātum esse — aequātus
future perfect — aequātum fore — —
perfect potential aequātūrum fuisse — — —
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
  • Old French: ever
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: iguar
  • Spanish: eguar, iguar
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *īkwōn (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Adjective

aequō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of aequus

Etymology 3

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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