exaequo

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.