aequalitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈkʷaː.li.taːs/, [ae̯ˈkʷaː.lɪ.taːs]

Noun

aequālitās f (genitive aequālitātis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Occitan: egalitat
  • Old French: igauté, oelté
  • Portuguese: igualdade
  • 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
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