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aequālis , e, adj. aequo,
I.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).
II. Transf.
A. That can be compared in respect to age, of the same age, equally old.
1. Of persons.
a. Of the same age, equal in years: cum neque me aspicere aequales dignarent meae. Pac. ap. Non. 470, 20 (Trag. Rel. p. 97 Rib.): patris cognatum atque aequalem, Archidemidem, nostine? Ter Eun. 2, 3, 35: “adulescens ita dilexi senem, ut aequalem,Cic. Sen. 4, 10: “P. Orbius, meus fere aequalis,id. Brut. 48 init.: “Aristides aequalis fere ruit Themistocli,Nep. Arist. 1 al.
b. In gen., contemporary, coeval; and subst., a contemporary, without definite reference to equality in age; “Livius (Andronicus) Ennio aequalis fuit,Cic. Brut. 18: “Philistus aequalis illorum temporum,id. Div 1, 20; Liv. 8, 40.—
c. 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.—
2. Of things, coexal, coexistent, etc.: “Deiotari benevolentia in populum Romanum est ipsius aequalis aetati,is as old as himself, has grown up with him, Cic. Phil. 11, 13: “in memoriam notam et aequalem incurro,” i. e. which belongs to our time, id. Brut. 69; id. Leg. 1, 2: ne istud Juppiter sierit urbem in aeternum conditam fragili huic et mortali corpori aequalem esse, i. e. should exist for an equally short time, Liv 28, 28.—Rarely with cum: “aequali tecum pubesceret aevo,Verg. A. 3, 491: “fuit cum ea cupressus aequalis,Plin. 16, 44, 86, § 236.—
B. 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.—
C. 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.
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