aequalis

English

Etymology

From Latin aequālis (“equal”).

Noun

aequalis

  1. (grammar) The case conveying an equality with another noun, equivalent to "like" or "as" in English. This case is used in some languages like Inuktitut.

Latin

Etymology

From aequus (“equal, even”) +‎ -ālis.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈkʷaː.lis/, [ae̯ˈkʷaː.lɪs]

Adjective

aequālis (neuter aequāle); third declension

  1. equal, like
  2. comparable, contemporary
  3. coeval, coexistent
  4. similar, resembling in size or form
  5. uniform, equable, unvarying

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative aequālis aequāle aequālēs aequālia
genitive aequālis aequālium
dative aequālī aequālibus
accusative aequālem aequāle aequālēs, aequālīs aequālia
ablative aequālī aequālibus
vocative aequālis aequāle aequālēs aequālia

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Descendants

References

  • aequalis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aequalis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aequalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be a contemporary of a person: aequalem esse alicuius
  1. ↑ “eguale, uguale” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
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