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aequa

aequa is a Latin form of aequus, meaning “equal, level; fair”. It is the ablative singular feminine adjective or 2nd person singular present active imperative.

It can also be a form of aequo, “make equal, level, match; equal, rival”.

Found 153 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.48.4: Erat Romanis nec loco nec numero aequa contentio; simul et cursu et spatio pugnae defatigati non facile recentes atque integros sustinebant.

Ovid, Amores 2.11.34: Aequa tamen puppi sit Galatea tuae!

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 11.4.3: … ices, fácile Achivos fléxeris; Nám opulenti cúm locuntur páriter atque ignóbiles, Éadem dicta eadémque oratio aéqua non aequé valet. Bene, sicuti dixi, Ennius;

All forms of aequus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.