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[[aequ-]][[-us]] {{lat.}} ‘[[gleich]]’<p>From earlier <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=aiquos&action=edit&redlink=1 aiquos]</em> ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senatus_consultum_de_Bacchanalibus SCdB]), for <span class="etyl">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Italic_language Proto-Italic]</span> <em class="Latn mention" lang="itc-pro">[https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/aik%CA%B7os&action=edit&redlink=1 *aikʷos]</em> or <em class="Latn mention" lang="itc-pro">[https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/aikwos&action=edit&redlink=1 *aikwos]</em>, of unknown origin.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequus#cite_note-1 [1]]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequus#cite_note-2 [2]]</sup> Cf. however the Italic tribe <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aequi#Latin Aequī]</em>, <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Aequicoli&action=edit&redlink=1 Aequīcolī]</em> (+ <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/colo#Latin colere]</em>), and the placenames <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Aequum_Tuticum#Latin Aequum Tūticum]</em> (Samnium Hirpinum), <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Aequum_Faliscum&action=edit&redlink=1 Aequum Faliscum]</em> and <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Aequi_Falisci&action=edit&redlink=1 Aequī Faliscī]</em> (Etruria), <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Superaequum#Latin Superaequum]</em> (Samnium Paelignum), in some of which the noun <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequum#Latin aequum]</em> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">plain</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, in others perhaps the adjective "razed" can be seen.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequus#cite_note-3 [3]]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequus#cite_note-4 [4]]</sup> Probably not related to <span class="etyl">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit Sanskrit]</span> <em class="Deva mention" lang="sa">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%90%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF#Sanskrit ऐक्य]</em> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-tr tr Latn" lang="sa-Latn">aikya</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">concord, identity, sameness</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.</p>
[[aequ-]][[-us]] [[Sprachstufe::lat.]] ‘[[gleich]], [[eben]], [[geebnet]], [[flach]], …’
=== <span id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</span> ===


*<span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Latin Classical]</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span> [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet IPA]<sup>([https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Latin_pronunciation key])</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈae̯.kʷus/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈäe̯kʊs̠]</span>
Aus früheren aiquos ([[wikipedia:Senatus_consultum_de_Bacchanalibus|SCdB]]), für uital. *aikʷos oder *aikwos, unbekannter Herkunft. Vgl. jedoch der italische Stamm Aequī, Aequīcolī + ''[[colere]]'' und die Ortsnamen <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">[[wikt:Aequum_Tuticum#Latin|Aequum Tūticum]]</em> (Samnium Hirpinum), <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">Aequum Faliscum</em> und <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Aequi_Falisci&action=edit&redlink=1 Aequī Faliscī]</em> (Etruria),  <em class="Latn mention" lang="la">[[wikt:Superaequum#Latin|Superaequum]]</em> (Samnium Paelignum), in einigen davon das Substantiv aequum „einfach“, in anderen ist vielleicht das Adjektiv „geschleift, geebnet“ zu sehen. Vermutlich nicht verwandt mit Sanskrit <em class="Deva mention" lang="sa">[[wikt:ऐक्य#Sanskrit|ऐक्य]]</em> aikya, „Eintracht, Identität, Gleichheit“.
*<span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_phonology_and_orthography#Ecclesiastical_pronunciation modern Italianate Ecclesiastical]</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span> [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet IPA]<sup>([https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Latin_pronunciation key])</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈe.kwus/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈɛːkwus]</span>


=== <span id="Adjective">Adjective</span> ===
Adjektiv aequus (feminin aequa, neutral aequum, Komparativ aequior, Superlativ aequissimus, Adverb aequē oder aequiter); Adjektiv der ersten/zweiten Deklination
<p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="la">aequus</strong> (''feminine'' <strong class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequa#Latin aequa]</strong>, ''neuter'' <strong class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequum#Latin aequum]</strong>, ''comparative'' <strong class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequior#Latin aequior]</strong>, ''superlative'' <strong class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequissimus#Latin aequissimus]</strong>, ''adverb'' <strong class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aeque#Latin aequē]</strong> ''or'' <strong class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequiter#Latin aequiter]</strong>)</span>; ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Latin_first_declension first]/[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Latin_second_declension second-declension] adjective''</p>
#[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/equal#English equal] <span class="nyms-toggle">[ synonyms, antonyms ▲]</span><span class="HQToggle">[ quotations ▼]</span>
#:<span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequalis#Latin aequālis]</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adaequatus#Latin adaequātus]</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/par#Latin pār]</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compar#Latin compār]</span></span>
#:<span class="nyms antonym"><span class="defdate">Antonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dispar#Latin dispār]</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inaequalis#Latin inaequālis]</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impar#Latin impār]</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iniquus#Latin inīquus]</span></span>
#[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/level#English level], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/even#English even], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flat#English flat], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/horizontal#English horizontal] <span class="nyms-toggle">[ synonym, antonyms ▲]</span>
#:<span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/planus#Latin plānus]</span></span>
#:<span class="nyms antonym"><span class="defdate">Antonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impar#Latin impār]</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/iniquus#Latin inīquus]</span></span>
#[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/calm#English calm]
#[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fair#English fair], [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/impartial#English impartial]
#[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/just#English just]


==== <span id="Declension">Declension</span> ====
# gleich
<p>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Latin_first_declension First]/[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Latin_second_declension second-declension] adjective.</p>
## Synonyme: aequālis, adaequātus, pār, compār
{| class="prettytable inflection-table inflection-table-la"
## Antonyme: dispār, inaequālis, impār, inīquus
# eben, eben, flach, horizontal
## Synonym: Pläne
## Antonyme: impār, inīquus
# ruhig
# fair, unparteiisch
# nur
 
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed prettytable inflection-table inflection-table-la"
|+<span id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation /</span> <span id="Declension">Declension</span>
| colspan="8" |<span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">[[wikipedia:Classical_Latin|Classical]]</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span> [[wikt:Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet|IPA]]<sup>([[wikt:Appendix:Latin_pronunciation|key]])</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈae̯.kʷus/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈäe̯kʊs̠]</span>
|-
| colspan="8" |<span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content">[[wikipedia:Latin_phonology_and_orthography#Ecclesiastical_pronunciation|modern Italianate Ecclesiastical]]</span><span class="ib-brac">)</span> [[wikt:Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet|IPA]]<sup>([[wikt:Appendix:Latin_pronunciation|key]])</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈe.kwus/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈɛːkwus]</span>
|-
| colspan="8" |[[wikt:Appendix:Latin_first_declension|First]]/[[wikt:Appendix:Latin_second_declension|second-declension]] adjective.
|-
|-
! Number
! Number
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! Neuter
! Neuter
|-
|-
! [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nominative_case Nominative]
! [[wikt:nominative_case|Nominative]]
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|m|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la"><strong class="selflink">aequus</strong></span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|m|s-form-of origin-aequus"><strong class="selflink">aequus</strong></span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|f|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequa#Latin aequa]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|f|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequa#Latin|aequa]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|n|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequum#Latin aequum]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|n|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequum#Latin|aequum]]</span>
| rowspan="6" |
| rowspan="6" |
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|m|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequi#Latin aequī]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|m|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequi#Latin|aequī]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|f|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequae#Latin aequae]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|f|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequae#Latin|aequae]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|n|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequa#Latin aequa]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la nom|n|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequa#Latin|aequa]]</span>
|-
|-
! [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genitive_case Genitive]
! [[wikt:genitive_case|Genitive]]
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|m|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequi#Latin aequī]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|m|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequi#Latin|aequī]]</span>
| rowspan="2" align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|f|s|;|dat|f|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequae#Latin aequae]</span>
| rowspan="2" align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|f|s|;|dat|f|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequae#Latin|aequae]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|n|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequi#Latin aequī]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|n|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequi#Latin|aequī]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|m|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequorum#Latin aequōrum]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|m|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequorum#Latin|aequōrum]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|f|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequarum#Latin aequārum]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|f|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequarum#Latin|aequārum]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|n|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequorum#Latin aequōrum]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la gen|n|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequorum#Latin|aequōrum]]</span>
|-
|-
! [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dative_case Dative]
! [[wikt:dative_case|Dative]]
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la dat|m|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequo#Latin aequō]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la dat|m|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequo#Latin|aequō]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la dat|n|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequo#Latin aequō]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la dat|n|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequo#Latin|aequō]]</span>
| colspan="3" align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la dat|m|p|;|dat|f|p|;|dat|n|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequis#Latin aequīs]</span>
| colspan="3" align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la dat|m|p|;|dat|f|p|;|dat|n|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequis#Latin|aequīs]]</span>
|-
|-
! [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/accusative_case Accusative]
! [[wikt:accusative_case|Accusative]]
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|m|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequum#Latin aequum]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|m|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequum#Latin|aequum]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|f|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequam#Latin aequam]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|f|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequam#Latin|aequam]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|n|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequum#Latin aequum]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|n|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequum#Latin|aequum]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|m|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequos#Latin aequōs]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|m|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequos#Latin|aequōs]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|f|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequas#Latin aequās]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|f|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequas#Latin|aequās]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|n|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequa#Latin aequa]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la acc|n|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequa#Latin|aequa]]</span>
|-
|-
! [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ablative_case Ablative]
! [[wikt:ablative_case|Ablative]]
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|m|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequo#Latin aequō]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|m|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequo#Latin|aequō]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|f|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequa#Latin aequā]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|f|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequa#Latin|aequā]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|n|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequo#Latin aequō]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|n|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequo#Latin|aequō]]</span>
| colspan="3" align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|m|p|;|abl|f|p|;|abl|n|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequis#Latin aequīs]</span>
| colspan="3" align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la abl|m|p|;|abl|f|p|;|abl|n|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequis#Latin|aequīs]]</span>
|-
|-
! [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vocative_case Vocative]
! [[wikt:vocative_case|Vocative]]
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|m|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aeque#Latin aeque]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|m|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aeque#Latin|aeque]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|f|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequa#Latin aequa]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|f|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequa#Latin|aequa]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|n|s-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequum#Latin aequum]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|n|s-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequum#Latin|aequum]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|m|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequi#Latin aequī]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|m|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequi#Latin|aequī]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|f|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequae#Latin aequae]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|f|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequae#Latin|aequae]]</span>
| align="center" | <span class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|n|p-form-of origin-aequus" lang="la">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aequa#Latin aequa]</span>
| align="center" | <span lang="la" class="Latn form-of lang-la voc|n|p-form-of origin-aequus">[[wikt:aequa#Latin|aequa]]</span>
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|}
aequus (auch equus geschrieben), das „eben“, „flach“, „gleich“, „gerecht“ oder „günstig“ bedeutet, hat eine nicht abschließend geklärte Etymologie. [1]
Hier sind die wichtigsten etymologischen Aspekte und Theorien:
* Ursprung: Es wird angenommen, dass aequus von einer indogermanischen Wurzel abgeleitet ist, die oft als \(*aikʷ-\) (flach) rekonstruiert wird.
* Grundbedeutung: Die Wurzel bedeutet „flach“, „eben“ oder „ausgeglichen“.
* Abgrenzung: Aequus („gleich“) ist etymologisch nicht mit equus („Pferd“) verwandt. Equus stammt von der indogermanischen Wurzel \(*ek'w-\) (Pferd) ab.
* Verwandtschaften: Es gibt Vermutungen, dass es mit dem althochdeutschen Wort ēwa (Gesetz, Ehe, Ewigkeit) verwandt sein könnte.
* Weiterentwicklung: Von aequus leiten sich lateinische Begriffe wie aequāre (gleichmachen) und der aequātor (Gleichmacher von Tag und Nacht, heute Äquator) ab. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Zusammenfassend: Die genaue Herkunft ist umstritten, jedoch wird das Wort auf eine Wurzel für „flach/eben“ zurückgeführt und ist strikt von equus (Pferd) zu trennen.

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aequ--us lat. ‘gleich, eben, geebnet, flach, …’

Aus früheren aiquos (SCdB), für uital. *aikʷos oder *aikwos, unbekannter Herkunft. Vgl. jedoch der italische Stamm Aequī, Aequīcolī + colere und die Ortsnamen Aequum Tūticum (Samnium Hirpinum), Aequum Faliscum und Aequī Faliscī (Etruria), Superaequum (Samnium Paelignum), in einigen davon das Substantiv aequum „einfach“, in anderen ist vielleicht das Adjektiv „geschleift, geebnet“ zu sehen. Vermutlich nicht verwandt mit Sanskrit ऐक्य aikya, „Eintracht, Identität, Gleichheit“.

Adjektiv aequus (feminin aequa, neutral aequum, Komparativ aequior, Superlativ aequissimus, Adverb aequē oder aequiter); Adjektiv der ersten/zweiten Deklination

  1. gleich
    1. Synonyme: aequālis, adaequātus, pār, compār
    2. Antonyme: dispār, inaequālis, impār, inīquus
  2. eben, eben, flach, horizontal
    1. Synonym: Pläne
    2. Antonyme: impār, inīquus
  3. ruhig
  4. fair, unparteiisch
  5. nur
Pronunciation / Declension
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈae̯.kʷus/, [ˈäe̯kʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.kwus/, [ˈɛːkwus]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aequus aequa aequum aequī aequae aequa
Genitive aequī aequae aequī aequōrum aequārum aequōrum
Dative aequō aequō aequīs
Accusative aequum aequam aequum aequōs aequās aequa
Ablative aequō aequā aequō aequīs
Vocative aeque aequa aequum aequī aequae aequa

aequus (auch equus geschrieben), das „eben“, „flach“, „gleich“, „gerecht“ oder „günstig“ bedeutet, hat eine nicht abschließend geklärte Etymologie. [1]

Hier sind die wichtigsten etymologischen Aspekte und Theorien:

  • Ursprung: Es wird angenommen, dass aequus von einer indogermanischen Wurzel abgeleitet ist, die oft als \(*aikʷ-\) (flach) rekonstruiert wird.
  • Grundbedeutung: Die Wurzel bedeutet „flach“, „eben“ oder „ausgeglichen“.
  • Abgrenzung: Aequus („gleich“) ist etymologisch nicht mit equus („Pferd“) verwandt. Equus stammt von der indogermanischen Wurzel \(*ek'w-\) (Pferd) ab.
  • Verwandtschaften: Es gibt Vermutungen, dass es mit dem althochdeutschen Wort ēwa (Gesetz, Ehe, Ewigkeit) verwandt sein könnte.
  • Weiterentwicklung: Von aequus leiten sich lateinische Begriffe wie aequāre (gleichmachen) und der aequātor (Gleichmacher von Tag und Nacht, heute Äquator) ab. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Zusammenfassend: Die genaue Herkunft ist umstritten, jedoch wird das Wort auf eine Wurzel für „flach/eben“ zurückgeführt und ist strikt von equus (Pferd) zu trennen.