aequalis

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

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: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2426,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {aequalis ({Lemma} #2426)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2426/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2426/},
}