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(adjective) : aequālis, e, aequo
* That can be put on an equality with; conseq., equal, like; constr. with dat., absol. and as subst. with gen. (syn.: aequus, aequabilis, planus, par, similis).
* Lit.: partem pedis esse aequalom alteri parti,Cic. Or. 56, 188: paupertatem divitiis etiam inter homines aequalem esse,id. Leg. 2, 10, 24: aequalem se faciens Deo,Vulg. Joan. 5, 18: aequales angelis sunt,like,ib. Luc. 20, 36: nec enim aut linguā aut moribus aequales abhorrere (Bastarnas a Scordiscis),Liv. 40, 57, 7: ut sententiae sint membris aequalibus,Quint. 9, 3, 80: aequalis ponderis erunt omnes,Vulg. Exod. 30, 34; ib. Deut. 19, 7; ib. Apoc. 21, 16.—As subst. with gen.: Creticus et ejus aequalis Paeon,Cic. Or. 64, 215. (Another constr., v. II.)—Hence
* Transf.
* That can be compared in respect to age, of the same age, equally old.
* Of persons.
* That can be compared in respect to size or form; of equal size, looking alike, resembling, similar: florentes aequali corpore Nymphae,Verg. Cir. 435: chorus aequalis Dryadum,a chorus of Dryads alike,id. G. 4, 460.
* Uniform, equable, unvarying; virtutes sunt inter se aequales et pares, Cic. de Or, 1, 18; 3, 14, 55: nil aequale homini fuit illi,Hor. S. 1, 3, 9: imber lentior aequaliorque,and more uniform,Liv. 24, 46: aequali ictu freta scindere, Ov M. 11, 463: Euphranor in quocumque genere excellens ac sibi aequalis,always equal to himself,Plin. 35, 11, 37, § 128: opus aequali quadam mediocritate,Quint. 10, 1, 54.—Hence, but rarely, = aequus, of place, equal, uniform, level, smooth, even, plain, both in a horizontal and ascending direction: loca,Sall. J. 79: terra,Ov. M. 1, 34: gentes esse sine naribus aequali totius oris planitie,Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 187: mons aequali dorso continuus,Tac. A. 4, 47.—Comp. prob. not used.—* Sup.: aequalissima porticus,Tert. Anim. 17.— Adv.: aequālĭter, equally, uniformly, in the same manner, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70; id. Ac. 2, 11; id. Lael. 16, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 18; Vulg. Deut. 19, 3; ib. 1 Par. 24, 31; ib. Sap. 6, 8.—Comp., Tac. A. 15, 21.—Sup. not used.
* In the comic poets, esp. in connection with amicus, of the same age: O amice salve mi atque aequalis, ut vales?Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 10; 2, 2, 50; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 8; so id. Ad. 3, 4, 26: ne cuiquam suorum aequalium supplex siet,id. Phorm. 5, 6, 47.
* That can be put on an equality with; conseq., equal, like; constr. with dat., absol. and as subst. with gen. (syn.: aequus, aequabilis, planus, par, similis).
* Lit.: partem pedis esse aequalom alteri parti,Cic. Or. 56, 188: paupertatem divitiis etiam inter homines aequalem esse,id. Leg. 2, 10, 24: aequalem se faciens Deo,Vulg. Joan. 5, 18: aequales angelis sunt,like,ib. Luc. 20, 36: nec enim aut linguā aut moribus aequales abhorrere (Bastarnas a Scordiscis),Liv. 40, 57, 7: ut sententiae sint membris aequalibus,Quint. 9, 3, 80: aequalis ponderis erunt omnes,Vulg. Exod. 30, 34; ib. Deut. 19, 7; ib. Apoc. 21, 16.—As subst. with gen.: Creticus et ejus aequalis Paeon,Cic. Or. 64, 215. (Another constr., v. II.)—Hence
* Transf.
* That can be compared in respect to age, of the same age, equally old.
* Of persons.
* That can be compared in respect to size or form; of equal size, looking alike, resembling, similar: florentes aequali corpore Nymphae,Verg. Cir. 435: chorus aequalis Dryadum,a chorus of Dryads alike,id. G. 4, 460.
* Uniform, equable, unvarying; virtutes sunt inter se aequales et pares, Cic. de Or, 1, 18; 3, 14, 55: nil aequale homini fuit illi,Hor. S. 1, 3, 9: imber lentior aequaliorque,and more uniform,Liv. 24, 46: aequali ictu freta scindere, Ov M. 11, 463: Euphranor in quocumque genere excellens ac sibi aequalis,always equal to himself,Plin. 35, 11, 37, § 128: opus aequali quadam mediocritate,Quint. 10, 1, 54.—Hence, but rarely, = aequus, of place, equal, uniform, level, smooth, even, plain, both in a horizontal and ascending direction: loca,Sall. J. 79: terra,Ov. M. 1, 34: gentes esse sine naribus aequali totius oris planitie,Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 187: mons aequali dorso continuus,Tac. A. 4, 47.—Comp. prob. not used.—* Sup.: aequalissima porticus,Tert. Anim. 17.— Adv.: aequālĭter, equally, uniformly, in the same manner, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70; id. Ac. 2, 11; id. Lael. 16, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 18; Vulg. Deut. 19, 3; ib. 1 Par. 24, 31; ib. Sap. 6, 8.—Comp., Tac. A. 15, 21.—Sup. not used.
* In the comic poets, esp. in connection with amicus, of the same age: O amice salve mi atque aequalis, ut vales?Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 10; 2, 2, 50; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 8; so id. Ad. 3, 4, 26: ne cuiquam suorum aequalium supplex siet,id. Phorm. 5, 6, 47.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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