aequo — Lewis & Short
aequo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.aequus.
I Act., to make one thing equal to another; constr. with cum and (in gen. in the histt.) with dat., and with cop. conj. (cf. adaequo).
(a) With cum:
inventum est temperamentum, quo tenuiores cum principibus aequari se putarent,Cic. Leg. 3, 10:
cum suas quisque opes cum potentissimis aequari videat,Caes. B. G. 6, 22:
numerum (corporum) cum navibus,Verg. A. 1, 193.—
(b) With dat.:
Insedabiliter sitis arida, corpora mersans, Aequabat multum parvis umoribus imbrem,an unquenchable, burning thirst ... made the most copious stream seem to them as only a few drops, Lucr. 6, 1176:
per somnum vinumque dies noctibus aequare,Liv. 31, 41:
aequavit togatus armati gloriam collegae,id. 4, 10, 8:
cujus magnitudini semper animum aequavit,id. 33, 21, 3 (but in id. 6, 20, 8, facta dictis aequando, dictis is abl.; v Weissenb. ad h. l.); Vell. 2, 127;
aequare solo templum,to level with the ground, Tac. A. 1, 51;
so domum,Quint. 3, 7, 20, and Aur. Vict. Vir. lllustr. 17. 5;
and in an extended sense: Scipio Numantiam excisam aequavit solo,Vell. 2, 4.—Hence, trop.: solo aequandae sunt dictaturae consulatusque, entirely abolished, Liv 6, 18.—
(g) With cop. conj.:
Curios aequare Fabriciosque,Aur. Vict. Caes. 18, 2. —Poet.:
si protinus illum Aequāsset nocti ludum,had played through the whole night, Verg. A. 9, 338.—Hence also,
B In comparison, to place a thing on an equality with, to compare.; in Cic. with cum; later with dat.:
aequare et conferre scelera alicujus cum aliis,Cic. Verr. 1, 1, 8:
ne aequaveritis Hannibali Philippum, ne Carthaginiensibus Macedonas: Pyrrho certe aequabitis,Liv. 31, 7:
Deum homini non aequabo,Vulg. Job, 32, 21:
quis in nubibus aequabitur Domino,ib. Psa. 88, 7.—
C Of places, to make level, even, or smooth:
aequata agri planities,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48;
and trop.: aequato discrimine,at an equal distance, Lucr. 5, 690:
aequato omnium periculo,Caes. B. G. 1, 25:
aequato Marte,Liv. 1, 25:
aequato jure omnium,id. 2, 3.—Poet.: ibant aequati numero, divided into equal parts, Verg. A. 7, 698:
foedera regum Vel Gabiis vel cum rigidis aequata Sabinis, i. e. aequis legibus icta,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25; cf.:
si foedus est, si societas aequatio juris est ... cur non omnia aequantur?placed in the same circumstances? Liv. 8, 4.—
D T. t.
1 Aequare frontem, milit. t., to make an equal front, Liv. 5, 38:
aequatis frontibus,Tib. 4, 1, 102; v. frons.—
2 Aequare sortes, to see that the lots are equal in number to those who draw, of the same material, and each with a different name. The classical passage for this phrase is Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 35: conicite sortes: uxor, aequa (sc. eas); v. the preceding verses. So Cic. Fragm. Or. Corn. 1, p. 449 Orell.: dum sitella defertur, dum aequantur sortes, dum sortitio fit, etc.—
II Neutr. or act., to become equal to one, to equal, come up to, attain to (mostly in the histt.); constr. with dat., but oftener with acc. (cf. adaequo and aequipero, and Zumpt, §
389, 1): qui jam illis fere aequārunt,Cic. Off. 1, 1, 3; Ov. M. 6, 21:
ea arte aequāsset superiores reges, ni, etc.,Liv. 1, 53; so,
cursu equum,id. 31, 35;
for which Curtius: cursum alicujus, 4, 1: gloriam alicujus,Suet. Caes. 55:
eam picturam imitati sunt multi, aequavit nemo,Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 126; Luc. 3, 456.—Poet.: sagitta aequans ventos, like the winds in swiftness, Verg. A. 10, 248:
valet nondum munia comparis Aequare (juvenca),i. e. cannot yet draw even with her mate, Hor. C. 2, 5, 2.