aequivocus

Latin

Etymology

aequus (“equal”) +‎ -i- (connecting vowel) +‎ -vocus (“having meaning”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈkʷi.u̯o.kus/, [äe̯ˈkʷiu̯ɔkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈkwi.vo.kus/, [eˈkwiːvokus]

Adjective

aequivocus (feminine aequivoca, neuter aequivocum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) equivocal, ambiguous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	aequivocus	aequivoca	aequivocum		aequivocī	aequivocae	aequivoca
Genitive	aequivocī	aequivocae	aequivocī		aequivocōrum	aequivocārum	aequivocōrum
Dative	aequivocō		aequivocō		aequivocīs
Accusative	aequivocum	aequivocam	aequivocum		aequivocōs	aequivocās	aequivoca
Ablative	aequivocō	aequivocā	aequivocō		aequivocīs
Vocative	aequivoce	aequivoca	aequivocum		aequivocī	aequivocae	aequivoca

Descendants

• English: equivocal
• French: équivoque
• Italian: equivoco
• Portuguese: equívoco
• Romanian: echivoc
• Spanish: equívoco

References

• “aequivocus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aequivocus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• aequivocus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.