aequalis

Latin adjective

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning equal
Literal translation equal
Variants
aequalis
Edited by
equal mathematical property

quod facit aequalis luces brumalibus umbris cognatamque gerit diverso in cardine legem

‘because in winter he makes the daylight equal to the darkness and at his opposite cardinal-point observes a kindred law’

— Manilius, Astronomica 4.326 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 246-247

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). aequalis (Lemma #2426). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2426/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). aequalis (Lemma #2426). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2426/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). aequalis (Lemma #2426). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2426/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) aequalis (Lemma #2426), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2426/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2426,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {aequalis ({Lemma} #2426)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2426/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2426/},
}