aequus

Latin · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-10-07
Meanings
Literal translation
equal
Categories
mathematical property
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1. equal

1.a equal mathematical property

quodque his exsuperat demptis id ducito in aequas sex partes, sextamque ardenti trade Leoni.

‘When this subtraction has been carried out, divide the remainder into six equal parts, and hand over a sixth to the blazing Lion.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.423 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 194-195

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). aequus (Lemma #2375). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2375/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). aequus (Lemma #2375). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2375/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). aequus (Lemma #2375). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2375/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) aequus (Lemma #2375), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2375/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2375,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {aequus ({Lemma} #2375)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2375/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2375/},
}