LAT
adaequo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : ăd-aequo, āvi, ātum, 1, and n.
* Act.
* To make equal to, to equalize, to level with; hence
* Neut., to be equal.
* To attain to, or reach, by equalling. —With acc. (cf.: aequo and aequiparo): ne quid absit quod deorum vitam possit adaequare,Cic. Univ. 11: longarum navium cursum adaequaverunt,Caes. B. G. 5, 8: ut muri altitudinem acervi armorum adaequarent,id. ib. 2, 32; cf. id. B. C. 2, 16, and Sall. J. 4.
* Trop., to compare to or with: qui formam, aetatem, genus mortis magni Alexandri fatis adaequarent,Tac. Ann. 2, 73.
* Absol.: senatorum urna copiose absolvit, equitum adaequavit, the votes of the equites were equally divided, there was an equal number for acquitting and for condemning, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6.
* With dat.: turris quae moenibus adaequaret, Auct. B. G. 8, 41: se virtute nostris adaequare non posse intellegunt,Caes. B. C. 2, 16 Dinter, where some read nostros: adaequare apud Caesarem gratiā, sc. Aeduis, id. B: G. 6, 12.
* Act.
* To make equal to, to equalize, to level with; hence
* Neut., to be equal.
* To attain to, or reach, by equalling. —With acc. (cf.: aequo and aequiparo): ne quid absit quod deorum vitam possit adaequare,Cic. Univ. 11: longarum navium cursum adaequaverunt,Caes. B. G. 5, 8: ut muri altitudinem acervi armorum adaequarent,id. ib. 2, 32; cf. id. B. C. 2, 16, and Sall. J. 4.
* Trop., to compare to or with: qui formam, aetatem, genus mortis magni Alexandri fatis adaequarent,Tac. Ann. 2, 73.
* Absol.: senatorum urna copiose absolvit, equitum adaequavit, the votes of the equites were equally divided, there was an equal number for acquitting and for condemning, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6.
* With dat.: turris quae moenibus adaequaret, Auct. B. G. 8, 41: se virtute nostris adaequare non posse intellegunt,Caes. B. C. 2, 16 Dinter, where some read nostros: adaequare apud Caesarem gratiā, sc. Aeduis, id. B: G. 6, 12.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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