aequitas

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From aequus (“equal, even”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aequitās f (genitive aequitātis); third declension

  1. uniformity, evenness, equalness
  2. equality, equanimity
  3. impartiality, equity, fairness, justice

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative aequitās aequitātēs
genitive aequitātis aequitātum
dative aequitātī aequitātibus
accusative aequitātem aequitātēs
ablative aequitāte aequitātibus
vocative aequitās aequitātēs

Descendants

  • Old Spanish: eguedat, yeguedat, yenguedat
  • → Catalan: equitat
  • → Old French: equite
  • → Italian: equità
  • → Portuguese: equidade
  • → Galician: equidade
  • → Spanish: equidad

References

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