aequus

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning equal
Literal translation equal
Variants
aequus
Edited by
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: February 2, 2026).
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@misc{zodiac2375,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {aequus ({Lemma} #2375)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2375/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2375/},
}