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LNS

coaequō, coaequāre, coaequāvī, coaequātus

coaequo

verb (1^st conjugation)

to make one thing equal or even with another, to even, level
To make equal in worth, dignity, power, to bring to the same level, place on the same footing, equalize
To compare

Abbreviations

co-aequo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make one thing equal or even with another, to even, level (rare but in good prose). Prop.: aream, Cato, R. R. 91 and 129: montes, Sall. C. 20, 11: pastinatum, Col. 3, 16, 1: sulcum, id. 11, 3, 48: glaebas, id. 2, 17, 4; cf. Pall. 1, 13 fin.

— Trop. To make equal in worth, dignity, power, etc., to bring to the same level, place on the same footing, equalize: ad libidines injuriasque tuas omnia coaequasti, * Cic. Verr 2, 3, 41, § 95: gratiam omnium, Sall. Rep. Ord. 2, 11, 3: coaequati dignitate, pecuniā, virtute, etc., id. ib. 2: primogenito tuo, Vulg. Sir. 36, 14: pedes meos cervis, id. 2 Reg. 22, 34.

— To compare (late Lat.): aliquem cum aliquo, Lact. de Ira Dei, 7: aliquem alicui, Hier. in Isa. 5, 17, 14.