aequitas

Latin

Alternative forms

equitas

Etymology

From aequus (“equal, even”) +‎ -tās (“-ity”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.kʷi.taːs/, [ˈäe̯kʷɪt̪äːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kwi.tas/, [ˈɛːkwit̪äs]

Noun

aequitās f (genitive aequitātis); third declension

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aequitās	aequitātēs
Genitive	aequitātis	aequitātum
Dative	aequitātī	aequitātibus
Accusative	aequitātem	aequitātēs
Ablative	aequitāte	aequitātibus
Vocative	aequitās	aequitātēs

Descendants

Old Spanish: eguedat, yeguedat, yenguedat
→ Catalan: equitat
→ Old French: equite
- → English: equity
- French: équité
  - → Romanian: echitate
→ Italian: equità
→ Portuguese: equidade
→ Galician: equidade
→ Spanish: equidad

References

“aequitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aequitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
aequitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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