[Remark: this dictionary entry has no valid XML/HTML content in database so a text version of this entry is shown.]: <orth>Aequè</orth>, Aduerbium. Sen. <p> <sense><trans lang="en">Iustly: as well: euen as well: millingly: so: equally: a like.</trans> <I> Nihil est, æquè quod faciam lubens.</I> Ter. <trans lang="en">So gladly.</trans> <I>Aequè bene.</I> <bibl><author>Plaut.</author></bibl> <trans lang="en">Euen as well.</trans> <I>Aequè ac pro Tam & qum.</I> <bibl><author>Cic.</author></bibl> Cui charus æquè sis & iucundus, ac fuisti patri. <trans lang="en">Euen as dearely beloued.</trans> <I>Aequè ac si Ticius Manlius collega eius deuoreretur.</I> <bibl><author>Liui.</author></bibl> <trans lang="en">Euen as much as if Ticius, &c.</trans> <I>Miser æquè atque ego.</I> <bibl><author>Terent.</author></bibl> <trans lang="en">As miserable as I my selfe. Euen in as pitifull case, as I, &c.</trans> <I>Aequè mecum æquè tecum, & similia.</I> <bibl><author>Terent.</author></bibl> Vt æquè mecum hæc scias. <trans lang="en">As well as I.</trans> <I>Iuxta tecum æquè scio.</I> <bibl><author>Terent.</author></bibl> <trans lang="en">I know it as well as, &c.</trans> <I>Aequè ambo pares.</I> <bibl><author>Plaut.</author></bibl> <trans lang="en">Both a like in biggenesse.</trans> <I>Aequè pauci.</I> Cæsar. <trans lang="en">Euen as feme.</trans> <I>Aequè qum.</I> <bibl><author>Liu.</author></bibl> Tribunos iniurijs æquè, qum munere offensos. <trans lang="en">As much, &c.</trans> <I>Noctibus æquè qum die cernunt.</I> Plinius. <trans lang="en">As well in the night as in the day.</trans> </sense> <I>Omnes, mulieres eadem æquè student.</I> Teren. <trans lang="en">Endenour all a like.</trans> <I>Aequè quicquam nunc quidem.</I> Teren. <trans lang="en">Euen as much now as before.</trans> <I>Aequè vtriusque necessarius.</I> Cicero. <trans lang="en">As much friende to the one as to the other.</trans> <I>Fortasse non æquè omnes egent.</I> Ci. <trans lang="en">All haue not like neede.</trans> <I>Aequè vt, pro Aequè ac.</I> <bibl><author>Cicer.</author></bibl> Aequè vt vnum quemque vestrum. <trans lang="en">As much as.</trans> </sense>
Aequus, Adiectiuum. Euen: plaine: equall: sometime good, fauourable.Æquus & planus locus.Cic.Euen. Æquum campi.Liu.The plaine fielde. Ex æquoloco dicere.Cicer.To talke one companion with an other being in like place and authoritie. Æquus.Cic.Iuste, indifferent, shewing no more fauour to one, than to an other. Æquus pro Æqualis. Ter. Equall, like.Vtinam esset mihi pars æqua amoris tecum.Terent.That thou louest me like as I doe thee. Æquus alicui.Gentle, fauourable, not rigorous.Se æquum prebere sibijpsi.Cic.To keepe and maintaine his owne right.Se æquum præbere alteri.Cic.To doe that is equitie and reason: not to be extreame or rigorous.Æquum esse alicui. Ter. To be fauourably content with one: not to be angry with him, but holde him ercused. Æquus animus.A moderate, quiet, and pacient minue, not whining or grudging at any thing.Animo æquissimo mori.Cic.To die very willingly and pacienttly.Æquo animo ferre. Ter. Facilè & æquo animo carebam.Cic.It did not grieue me that I had it not: I was well content to be without it.Æquo animo attendere. Ter. To heare gladly.Æquo animo aliquid accipere. Horat. Patiently.Æquo animo alijs concedere, Hocest, volenter & libenter.Lucret. Animus æquus te deficit. Horat. Animo æquo esse de re aliqua.Cic.Not to vere or disquiet himselfe for it.Animus æquus est.Cic.I passe not: I care not: it greeueth me not.Animo haud æquo expectare comites. Horat. With anger & displeasure.Æquo animo aliquid pati.Cic.Libentibus aut æquis animis aliquid remittere.Cic.With glad and ready will.Animo æquo aliquid videre.Cic.Conduio æqua.Cic.Indifferentmo more for ones vauntage, than for the others.Discrimen æquum.Virg.Like distance or difference.Æquus iudex: cui contrarium est Iniquus.Cic.A iusse and indifferent iudge: nothing partiall.Nimis æquus iudex.Liu. B. Fauourable.Ius æquum.Cic. Æquo & pari cum ciuibus iure viuere. Cic.Equall and like.Vide quam me sis vsurus æquo.Cic.Consider how indifferent or reasonable ye shall haue me.Magistratus æquus.Cic.Iust and not partiall.Mens æqua. Horat. Constant: like in aduersitie and prospe. ritie.Oculis æquis aliquem aspicere.Virg.To behold or looke fanourably vpon.Æqua atq; honesta postulatio.Cic.Reasonable and honeff.Æqui & iniqui, Cic.Friendes and foes: welwillers and ilwillers.Æqui & pares. Author ad Heren. Equall and like. Æquum, absolutè & per se positū pro Æquitare.Equitie.Seruantissimus æqui.Virg.Full of equitie and trustinesse: very vpright.Contemptor æqui.Ouid. Cultor æqui. Ouid.Non æquum dicis.Terent.There is no reason in that thou speakest.Non æquum facis. Ter. That thou doest, is not reasonable.Æquum postulare.Cicer.To demannde that is reason and equitie. Æquum est. Ter. It is but reason.Æquo niti. Quint. Æquo pugoare. Quint. Æquo concretius, Lucr.Too thicke: thicke beyond reason. Æquum & bonum quum dicimus, absolutam bonitatem, æquitatémque significamus. Ter. Right and reason: very equitie and sustice without rigour.Æquum & bonum colere.Plaut.To esteeme: or vse right and reason, or equitie.Æquum & bonum habere.Cic.To haue a good cause: to haue equitie or right and reason on his part.Æquum bonum, sine copula.Cic. Pro Æquum & bonum. Æquum bonum dicere. Ter. To speake reasonably: to offer one that is reason.Pro æquo & bono dicere. Ci. To speake for equity & reason.Æqui boni facere: vel, Æqui boníque facere.Cic.To take in good part.Æquu bonúmue impetrare.Cic.To obtaine that is reason.Ex æquo & bono facere.Terent.To doe in good faith and trustily.Ex æquo & bono viuere.To liue according to right, reason, and equitie.Iudicare ex æquo, & bono, Vide IVDICO.Ex æquo conuiuentes. Sueton. B. Vsurpare officia prope ex æquo. Sueton. B.
aequus (aecus, Pac. 32 Rib.; Lucr. 5, 1023 Lachm. and Munro; AIQVOS, S. C. de Bacch. 1. 26), a, um, adj. [formerly referred to *e*i*k*w, e)/oika, but Pott connects it with Sanscr. ēka = one, as if properly, one and uniform; others consider it as akin to aemulor, q. v.]. I. A.. Of place, that extends or lies in a horizontal direction, plain, even, level, flat (esp. freq. in the strategic descriptions of the histt.; syn.: planus, aequalis, aequabilis, par, similis, justus): locus ad libellam aequus,
level
, Varr. R. R. 1, 6 fin.: aequus et planus locus, Cic. Caec. 17 fin.: in aequum locum se demittere, Caes. B. G. 7, 28: legio, quae paulo aequiore loco constiterat, id. ib. 7, 51: in aequum locum deducere, Sall. J. 42 (cf. in Gr. ei)s to\ i)/sov katabai/nein, Xen. Anab. 4, 6, 18).—Trop.: sive loquitur ex inferiore loco sive aequo sive ex superiore, i. e.
before the judges
,
sitting on raised seats
,
or in the Senate
,
or in the assembly of the people from the rostra
, Cic. de Or. 3, 6, 23: meos multos et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habitos cum tuā summā laude,
from the tribune
,
and on private matters
, id. Fam. 3, 8.—In the histt., sometimes subst.: aequum, i, n., with a gen., level ground, a plain: facilem in aequo campi victoriam fore, Liv. 5, 38: ut primum agmen aequo, ceteri per acclive jugum insurgerent, Tac. Agr. 35: in aequum digredi, id. ib. 18: in aequo obstare, id. ib. 36; id. H. 4, 23.—Also, an eminence, if it rises without inequalities: dum Romanae cohortes in aequum eniterentur,
up the slope
, Tac. A. 2, 80.—As a level place is more favorable for military operations than an uneven one, aequus has the signif., B.Favorable, convenient, advantageous (as its opp., iniquus, uneven, has that of unfavorable, etc.). 1. Of place: locum se aequum ad dimicandum dedisse, Caes. B. C. 3, 73: etsi non aequum locum videbat suis, Nep. Milt. 5, 4: non hic silvas nec paludes, sed aequis locis aequos deos, Tac. A. 1, 68. —2. Of time: judicium aequiore tempore fieri oportere, more propitious, Cic. Corn. Fragm. ap. Ascon. p. 72: et tempore et loco aequo, Liv. 26, 3: tempore aequo, Suet. Caes. 35.—3. In gen., of persons or things (freq. and class.), favorable, kind, friendly, benevolent, etc.; constr. absol. with dat., or in and acc. (in poets in with abl.). (a).Absol.: consequeris, ut eos ipsos, quos contra statuas, aequos placatosque dimittas, Cic. Or. 10, 34: nobilitate inimica, non aequo senatu, id. Q. Fr. 2, 3 med.: meis aequissimis utuntur auribus, id. Fam. 7, 33: oculis aspicere aequis, Verg. A. 4, 372: O dominum aequum et bonum, Suet. Aug. 53: boni et aequi et faciles domini, id. Tib. 29.—(b). With dat.: aequa Venus Teucris, Pallas iniqua fuit, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 6; id. A. A. 2, 310.—(g). With in and acc.: quis hoc statuit, quod aequum sit in Quintium, id iniquum esse in Maevium, Cic. Quint. 14.— (d). With in and abl.: victor erat quamvis, aequus in hoste fuit, Prop. 4, 18, 28.—Hence, 4. aequus, i, m.subst., a friend: ego ut me tibi amicissimum esse et aequi et iniqui intellegant, curabo,
both friends and enemies
, Cic. Fam. 3, 6 fin.: aequis iniquisque persuasum erat, Liv. 5, 45.II.That is equal to another in any quality, equal, like; and of things divided into two equal parts, a half: aequo censu censeri, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 92: partīs, Lucr. 3, 125; so Aur. Vict. Orig. 19, 1; and Vulg. 1 Reg. 30, 24: aequa erit mensura sagorum, ib. Exod. 26, 8: pondera, ib. Lev. 19, 36: portio, ib. 2 Mach. 8, 30: aequa dementia, Lucr. 1, 705 al.: aequā manu discedere,
to come off with equal advantage
, Sall. C. 39; so, aequo Marte pugnare,
with equal success
, Liv. 2, 6; Curt. 4, 15, 29; Flor. 4, 2, 48 al.: urbs erat in summo nubibus aequa jugo, Ov. P. 4, 7, 24: aequum vulnus utrique tulit, id. M. 9, 719 (cf. id. ib. 7, 803: aequales urebant pectora flammae): sequiturque patrem non passibus aequis, Verg. A. 2, 724: pars aequa mundi, Plin. 2, 19, 17, 81: utinam esset mihi pars aequa amoris tecum, i. e. aeque vicissim amaremus, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 12: non tertiam portionem, verum aequam, Plin. 3, 1, 1, 5 al.—Hence the adverbial phrases, 1. Ex aequo, in like manner, in an equal degree, equally ( = e)c i)/sou, Hdt., Dem.), Lucr. 1, 854: dixit et ex aequo donis formaque probata, etc., Ov. H. 16, 87; 20, 123; id. Am. 1, 10, 33; id. A. A. 2, 682; id. M. 3, 145; 4, 62; Liv. 36, 37: adversarum rerum ex aequo socii sunt (Fosi Cheruscis), cum in secundis minores fuissent, Tac. G. 36 fin.—2. In aequo esse or stare, to be equal: qui cogit mori nolentem, in aequo est, quique properantem impedit, Sen. Phoen. 98: ut naturam oderint, quod infra deos sumus, quod non in aequo illis stetimus, id. Ben. 2, 29: in aequo ponere aliquem alicui, to make equal, to put on an equality, to compare: in aequo eum (Philopoemenem) summis imperatoribus posuerunt, Liv. 39, 50 fin.—B. Morally. 1. Of persons, fair, equitable, impartial in conduct toward others (diff. from justus, just; v. aequitas, II.); constr. absol., with dat.; more rarely with gen.: praetor aequus et sapiens, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65; 2, 5, 59: aequissimus aestimator et judex, id. Fin. 3, 2: praebere se aequum alicui, id. Fam. 2, 1: absentium aequi, praesentibus mobiles,
benevolent toward
, Tac. A. 6, 36.—2. Of things, fair, right, equitable, reasonable: ITA. SENATVS. AIQVOM. CENSVIT., S. C. de Bach. 1. 26: et aecum et rectum est, Pac. ap. Non. 261, 13 (Trag. Rel. p. 81 Rib.): aequa et honesta postulatio, Cic. Rosc. Am. 2: quod justum est et aequum, servis praestate,
just and fair
, Vulg. Col. 4, 1: postulo primum id, quod aequissimum est, ut, etc., Cic. Clu. 2: aequa lex et omnibus utilis, id. Balb. 27: aequissimis legibus monere, Aur. Vict. Caes. 9, 5: aequae conditiones, Vell. 2, 25; see Fischer, Gr. II. 611.—Hence, 3. ae-quum, i, n.subst., what is fair, equitable, or just; fairness, equity, or justice, etc.: jus atque aequum, Enn. ap. Non. p. 399, 10 (Trag. v. 224 Vahl.): utilitas justi prope mater et aequi, Hor. S. 1, 3, 98: aequi studium, Aur. Vict. Caes. 24, 6.—Often with comparatives, more than is right, proper, reasonable: lamentari amplius aequo, Lucr. 3, 966: injurias gravius aequo habere,
to feel too deeply
, Sall. C. 50: potus largius aequo, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215.—Hence, aequum est, it is reasonable, proper, right, etc.; constr. with acc. and inf., in good prose also with dat. pers. and ut, Rudd. II. p. 235, n. 21: nos quiescere aequom est, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 382 P. (Trag. v. 199 Vahl.): quae liberum scire aequom est adulescentem, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 25: significant Imbecillorum esse aecum misererier omnīs, Lucr. 5, 1023: non est aequum nos derelinquere verbum Dei, Vulg. Act. 6, 2: aequius est mori quam auctoritatem imperii foedare, Aur. Vict. Epit. 12, 7: ut peritis? Ut piscatorem aequomst (sc. perire), fame sitique speque, Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 7; so, sicut aequum est homini de potestate deorum timide et pauca dicamus, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 16, 47.—In Plaut., with abl.: plus vidissem quam med atque illo aequom foret,
would be becoming in me and him
, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 84; id. Rud. prol. 47.—4. Aequum as subst. very freq. with bonum = aequitas, equitable conduct toward others, fairness, equity, etc.: neque quidquam queo aequi bonique ab eo impetrare,
what is right and just
, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 65: cum de jure civili, cum de aequo et bono disputaretur, Cic. Brut. 38: ex aequo et bono, non ex callido versutoque jure rem judicari oportere, id. Caecin. 23: fit reus magis ex aequo bonoque quam ex jure gentium,
in accordance with justice and equity
, Sall. J. 35.— Also without et: illi dolum malum, illi fidem bonam, illi aequum bonum tradiderunt, Cic. Top. 17.—So also, aequius melius, according to greater equily, Cic. Off. 3, 15; id. Top. 17.—C. Of a state of mind, even, unruffled, calm, composed, tranquil, patient, enduring (cf. aequitas, II. B.); esp. freq. with animus or mens: animus aequos optumum est aerumnae condimentum, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 71: concedo et quod animus aequus est et quia necesse est, Cic. Rosc. Am. 50: quodadest memento Componere aequus, Hor. C. 3, 29, 32: tentantem majora, fere praesentibus aequum, id. Ep. 1, 17, 24; and so, aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem, etc., id. C. 2, 3, 1.—Esp. freq. in the adv. abl.: aequo (aequiore, aequissimo) animo, with even mind, with equanimity, patiently, calmly, quietly, with forbearance: ego, nisi Bibulus adniteretur de triumpho, aequo animo essem, nunc vero ai)sxro\n siwpa=n, Cic. Att. 6, 8: carere aequo animo aliquā re, id. Brut. 6: ferre aliquid, Nep. Dion. 6, 7; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3: accipere, Sall. C. 3, 2: tolerare, id. J. 31: quo aequiore animo Germanicus celerem successionem operiretur, Suet. Tib. 25: testem se in judiciis interrogari aequissimo animo patiebatur, id. Aug. 56.—In eccl. Lat. = bono animo: aequo animo esto,
be of good cheer
, Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 7: aequo animo (aliquis) est? Psallat, ib. Jacob. 5, 13.—Hence: aequi bonique facere aliquid, to regard as fair and reasonable (prop., a gen. of value, Roby, 1191), to put up with, be content with, submit to, acquiesce in, etc.: istuc aequi bonique facio, Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 40: tranquillissimus animus meus totum istuc aequi boni facit, Cic. Att. 7, 7; Liv. 34, 22 fin.: aequi istuc faciam,
it will be all the same to me
, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 189.—So also: aequi bonique dicere,
to propose any thing reasonable
, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 32.—Hence, aequē, adv., in like manner, equally, just as = ex aequo, pariter, Gr. i)/sws, o/moiws (indicating the entire equality of two objects compared, while similiter denotes only likeness): eā (benevolentiā) non pariter omnes egemus ... honore et gloriā fortasse non aeque omnes egent, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 30: non possum ego non aut proxime atque ille aut etiam aeque laborare, id. Fam. 9, 13, 2: universa aeque eveniunt justo et impio, Vulg. Eccl. 9, 2. 1. In the comic poets with cum or the comp. abl. (cf. adaeque); in Cic. and good class. authors gen. with et, atque, ac, ac si; less class. with quam, ut, quam ut; in Petr. with tamquam.(a). Aeque—cum: animum advorte, ut aeque mecum haec scias, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 66, id. Poen. prol. 47: novi aeque omnia tecum, Ter Phorm. 5, 9, 43. But in Plaut. As. 4, 1, 26, tecum una postea aeque pocla potitet, una belongs with tecum to potitet, and aeque is put absol. (sc. ut tu).—(b). Aeque with comp. abl.: nullus est hoc meticulosus aeque,
as this person
, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 137: qui me in terrā aeque fortunatus erit, id. Curc. 1, 2, 51.—(g). Aeque—et or aeque— que (as in Gr. i)/son kai/, i)/sa kai/, Soph. Oed. Tyr. 611; Thuc. 3, 14). nisi aeque amicos et nosmet ipsos diligamus,
equally as ourselves
, Cic. Fin. 1, 20, 67. versūs aeque prima et media et extrema pars attenditur, id. de Or. 3, 50, 192; id. Rosc. Com. 1, 2; so id. Mur. 13, 28; id. Clu. 69, 195, id. Tusc. 2, 26, 62 al.: quod Aeque neglectum pueris senibusque nocebit, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 26.—(d). Aeque—atque, —ac, —ac si, as ... as; as much as, as: vide ne, quem tu esse hebetem deputes aeque ac pecus, is, etc., Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45: pumex non aeque aridus atque hic est senex, Plaut Aul. 2, 4, 18; Ter. Phorm 1, 2, 43; Varr. R. R. 3, 8, 2: nisi haberes, qui illis aeque ac tu ipse gauderet, Cic. Lael. 6, 22: sed me colit et observat aeque atque patronum suum, id. Fam. 13, 69; 2, 2; so id. Brut. 71, 248; id. Rosc. Am. 40, 116; Cels. 6, 15; Tac. H. 4, 5; Suet. Caes. 12 al.: aeque ac si. with the subj., just as if. altogether as if: Egnatii absentis rem ut tueare, aeque a te peto ac si mea negotia essent, Cic. Fam. 13, 43, 3; Auct Her 2, 13, 19: quo factum est, ut jumenta aeque nitida ex castellis educeret ac si in campestribus ea locis habuisset, Nep Eum. 5. 6; Liv. 10, 7, 4; 44, 22, 5 al.—(e) Aeque— quam (only in Plaut. and prose writers from the Aug. per.; neither in Cic. nor in Cæs.),
as ... as
,
in the same manner as
,
as well ... as
,
like
, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 55; nullum esse agrum aeque feracem quam hic est, id. Epid. 2, 3, 1: nihil aeque eos terruit quam robur et color imperatoris, Liv. 28, 26, 14, 5, 6, 11; so 5, 3, 4; 31, 1, 3; in navibus posita aeque quam in aedificiis, Plin. 2, 81, 83, 196; so 2, 70, 72, 180; Tac. A. 14, 38; id. H. 2, 10; 4, 52; Suet. Aug. 64, 89; id. Galb. 4 al.—(z) Aeque—ut, a rare combination, and unworthy of imitation (in authors of the class. per. its reception rests, for the most part, upon false readings for aeque et or aeque ac), as much as, like, cui nihil aeque in causis agendis ut brevitas placet, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 1 Keil. accinctus aeque ut discinctus, Vulg. 3 Reg. 20, 11. Possidebitis eam (terram) singuli aeque ut frater suus, ib. Ezech. 47, 14: idemque proficeret aeque ut rosaceum, Plin. 23, 4, 45, 89, where Jan reads proficeret quod rosaceum.—In Plaut. once aeque—quasi for the class. aeque ac. quem videam aeque esse maestum quasi dies si dicta sit, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 11 Fleck.—(h) Sometimes aeque—aeque, as well as, as much as. aeque pauperibus prodest, locupletibus aeque, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 25: aeque discordiam praepositorum, aeque concordiam subjectis exitiosam, Tac. Agr. 15.—2. The comparison is often to be supplied from the whole sentence or context; hence, aeque stands absol. for aeque ac, etc. (ante-class. freq.; also in Cic. and Liv.), equally, as much as, as: eadem oratio non aeque valet, Enn. ap. Gell. 11, 4 (from Eurip. Hec. 295: lo/gos ... ou) tau)to\n sqe/nei): satin habes, si feminarum nullast quam aeque diligam?Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 11: Aetna mons non aeque altus, id. Mil. 4, 2, 73; 4, 7, 10; id. Most. 1, 3, 85, etc.; Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 32; Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 1; so id. ib. 5, 21; id. Fin. 4, 33, 62: aeque sons, Liv. 29, 19, 2; so 29, 19, 4 al.: aeque non est dubium,
it is as little doubtful
, Plin. 2, 15, 13, 68.—3. With omnes, uterque, and definite numerals, to indicate that a thing applies equally to all the objects designated, equally: non omnia eadem aeque omnibus suavia esse scito, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 51; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 2; so Cic. Off. 2, 8, 31; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75 al.: etsi utrique nostrum prope aeque gratae erant (litterae), id. Fam. 13, 18; so id. Quint. 28, 86; Verg. G. 3, 118; Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 33; id. Fast. 1, 226: aeque ambo pares, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 60: duae trabes aeque longae, Caes. B. C. 2, 10; Suet. Aug. 101. —4. Sometimes absol., with several substantives, alike, equally: Tragici et comici Numquam aeque sunt meditati, Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 4. imperium bonus ignavus aeque sibi exoptant, Sall. C. 11.—5. In Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 42, nec est mihi quisquam, melius aeque cui velim, melius velle is, perhaps, to be taken together as a phrase, and the comp. considered as used in a restricted sense, as in melius est. Others consider the comp. as used for the simple positive; cf. adaeque.—B.Justly, with equity: mihi id aeque factum arbitror, Plaut. Mil. 5, 22 dub. (Ritschl: jureque id factum arbitror).— Comp.: ferro quam fame aequius perituros, more willingly, Sall. H. Fragm.—Sup.: aequissime jus dicere, Aur. Vict. Epit. 11, 2: judicas ut qui aequissime, Sid. 15, Ep. 11.!*? An old adverb. form, aequĭter, also occurs: praeda per participes aequiter partita est, Liv. Andr. ap. Non. 512, 31; so Pac. ib., Att. ib., and Plaut. acc. to Prisc. 1010 P.