aequālis — Lewis & Short
aequālis, e, adj.aequo,
I that can be put on an equality with; conseq., equal, like; constr. with dat., absol. and as subst. with gen. (syn.: aequus, aequabilis, planus, par, similis).
I Lit.:
partem pedis esse aequalom alteri parti,Cic. Or. 56, 188:
paupertatem divitiis etiam inter homines aequalem esse,id. Leg. 2, 10, 24:
aequalem se faciens Deo,Vulg. Joan. 5, 18:
aequales angelis sunt,like, ib. Luc. 20, 36:
nec enim aut linguā aut moribus aequales abhorrere (Bastarnas a Scordiscis),Liv. 40, 57, 7:
ut sententiae sint membris aequalibus,Quint. 9, 3, 80:
aequalis ponderis erunt omnes,Vulg. Exod. 30, 34; ib. Deut. 19, 7; ib. Apoc. 21, 16.—As subst. with gen.:
Creticus et ejus aequalis Paeon,Cic. Or. 64, 215. (Another constr., v. II.)—Hence,
II Transf.
A That can be compared in respect to age, of the same age, equally old.
1 Of persons.
a Of the same age, equal in years: cum neque me aspicere aequales dignarent meae. Pac. ap. Non. 470, 20 (Trag. Rel. p. 97 Rib.): patris cognatum atque aequalem, Archidemidem, nostine? Ter Eun. 2, 3, 35:
adulescens ita dilexi senem, ut aequalem,Cic. Sen. 4, 10:
P. Orbius, meus fere aequalis,id. Brut. 48 init.:
Aristides aequalis fere ruit Themistocli,Nep. Arist. 1 al.—
b In gen., contemporary, coeval; and subst., a contemporary, without definite reference to equality in age;
Livius (Andronicus) Ennio aequalis fuit,Cic. Brut. 18:
Philistus aequalis illorum temporum,id. Div 1, 20; Liv. 8, 40.—
c In the comic poets, esp. in connection with amicus, of the same age:
O amice salve mi atque aequalis, ut vales?Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 10; 2, 2, 50; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 8; so id. Ad. 3, 4, 26:
ne cuiquam suorum aequalium supplex siet,id. Phorm. 5, 6, 47.—
2 Of things, coexal, coexistent, etc.:
Deiotari benevolentia in populum Romanum est ipsius aequalis aetati,is as old as himself, has grown up with him, Cic. Phil. 11, 13:
in memoriam notam et aequalem incurro,i. e. which belongs to our time, id. Brut. 69; id. Leg. 1, 2: ne istud Juppiter sierit urbem in aeternum conditam fragili huic et mortali corpori aequalem esse, i. e. should exist for an equally short time, Liv 28, 28.—Rarely with cum:
aequali tecum pubesceret aevo,Verg. A. 3, 491:
fuit cum ea cupressus aequalis,Plin. 16, 44, 86, § 236.—
B That can be compared in respect to size or form; of equal size, looking alike, resembling, similar:
florentes aequali corpore Nymphae,Verg. Cir. 435:
chorus aequalis Dryadum,a chorus of Dryads alike, id. G. 4, 460.—
C Uniform, equable, unvarying; virtutes sunt inter se aequales et pares, Cic. de Or, 1, 18;
3, 14, 55: nil aequale homini fuit illi,Hor. S. 1, 3, 9:
imber lentior aequaliorque,and more uniform, Liv. 24, 46:
aequali ictu freta scindere, Ov M. 11, 463: Euphranor in quocumque genere excellens ac sibi aequalis,always equal to himself, Plin. 35, 11, 37, § 128:
opus aequali quadam mediocritate,Quint. 10, 1, 54.—Hence, but rarely, = aequus, of place, equal, uniform, level, smooth, even, plain, both in a horizontal and ascending direction:
loca,Sall. J. 79:
terra,Ov. M. 1, 34:
gentes esse sine naribus aequali totius oris planitie,Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 187:
mons aequali dorso continuus,Tac. A. 4, 47.—Comp. prob. not used.—* Sup.:
aequalissima porticus,Tert. Anim. 17.— Adv.: aequālĭter, equally, uniformly, in the same manner, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70; id. Ac. 2, 11; id. Lael. 16, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 18; Vulg. Deut. 19, 3; ib. 1 Par. 24, 31; ib. Sap. 6, 8.—Comp., Tac. A. 15, 21.—Sup. not used.