aequum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.kʷum/, [ˈäe̯kʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kwum/, [ˈɛːkwum]

Etymology 1

Inflected form of aequus.

Adjective

aequum

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

aequum n (genitive aequī); second declension

1. what is right or fair
2. level ground
3. equal footing

Declension

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

Related terms

• aequē
• aequō
• aequor
• aequus

References

• “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