Latin

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Etymology

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Perhaps aequus (equal; even) +‎ lavō (wash) +‎ -ium, describing how wool loses half it weight after washing.[1] Compare to the semantically similar solox.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aequilavium n (genitive aequilaviī or aequilavī); second declension

  1. (of wool) half of the whole

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aequilavium aequilavia
Genitive aequilaviī
aequilavī1
aequilaviōrum
Dative aequilaviō aequilaviīs
Accusative aequilavium aequilavia
Ablative aequilaviō aequilaviīs
Vocative aequilavium aequilavia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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  1. ^ aequilavium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press