ex-aequo — Lewis & Short
ex-aequo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I To make even or level with any thing.
A Lit. (very rarely):
inferior pars (ex transtillis) sub aqua exaequanda, etc.,Vitr. 5, 12, 3: tumulos tumulis exaequabant, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin.—
2 Transf.:
aurum auro expendetur, argentum argento exaequabitur,shall be balanced, compensated, Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 43.—Freq. and class.,
B Trop., to place on a level, regard as equal, to equal:
ii, qui sunt in amicitiae conjunctionisque necessitudine superiores, exaequare se cum inferioribus debent,Cic. Lael. 20, 71; cf.: neminem secum dignitate, * Caes. B. C. 1, 4, 4; Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; cf.:
vetus miles tironi liber voloni sese exaequari sineret,Liv. 23, 35, 7; so,
aliquem alicui,id. 34, 3; 45, 38:
nos caelo (victoria),Lucr. 1, 79:
facta dictis,i. e. to relate the events with historic accuracy just as they occurred, Sall. C. 3, 2 Kritz.:
uti militibus exaequatus cum imperatore labos volentibus esset,id. J. 100, 4:
ad hanc regulam omnem vitam tuam exaequa,conform, Sen. Ep. 20:
qui omnia jura pretio exaequasset,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50; cf.:
certamina belli ferro,Lucr. 5, 1296:
libertatem,Liv. 3, 39 fin.:
periculum,Sall. C. 59, 1.—
II To equal, be equal to any one; with acc. (cf. aequo):
ut longitudo aut plenitudo harum (syllabarum) multitudinem alterius assequatur et exaequet,Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:
tetricas Sabinas,Ov. Am. 3, 8, 61.