aequalitas

Latin

Etymology

From aequālis (“equal, even, level”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈkʷaː.li.taːs/, [äe̯ˈkʷäːlʲɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈkwa.li.tas/, [eˈkwäːlit̪äs]

Noun

aequālitās f (genitive aequālitātis); third declension

1. equality, similarity, uniformity
2. political equality
3. equality of age
4. evenness, levelness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aequālitās	aequālitātēs
Genitive	aequālitātis	aequālitātum
Dative	aequālitātī	aequālitātibus
Accusative	aequālitātem	aequālitātēs
Ablative	aequālitāte	aequālitātibus
Vocative	aequālitās	aequālitātēs

Synonyms

• (equality): aequābilitās

Related terms

• aequābilis
• aequābilitās
• aequābiliter
• aequālis
• aequāliter
• aequāmentum
• aequātiō
• aequātus
• aequē
• aequitās
• aequiter
• aequō
• aequus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: igualtat
• English: equality
• French: égalité
  • → German: Egalität
  • → Romanian: egalitate
• Friulian: avualitât
• Galician: igualdade
• Occitan: egalitat
• Old French: igauté, oelté
• Portuguese: igualdade
• Sicilian: avalità, agualità
• Spanish: igualdad

References

• “aequalitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aequalitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aequalitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.