adaequo

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ăd-aequo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.
I Act.
   A To make equal to, to equalize, to level with; hence,
   a In Cic. usually with cum (cf. aequare cum, Verg. A. 1, 193): qui cum virtute fortunam adaequavit, Cic. Arch. 10, 24: quae ... admonet, commemorationem nominis nostri, cum omni posteritate adaequandam, id. ib. 11, 29: in summa amicorum copia cum familiarissimis ejus est adaequatus (i. e. par habitus), id. Balb. 28, 63.—
   b In the histt. alicui rei (cf.: aequo and aequiparo): molibus ferme (oppidi) moenibus adaequatis, on a level with, Caes. B. G. 3, 12: omnia tecta solo adaequare, to level with the ground, Liv. 1, 29: quibus duobus operibus vix nova haec magnificentia quidquam adaequare potuit, id. ib. 56; and with solo understood: Alesiam flammis adaequare, Flor. 3, 10, 23: cum Claudius libertos sibique et legibus adaequaverit, Tac. A. 12, 60: colonias jure et dignatione urbi ... adaequavit, Suet. Aug. 46; so Dom. 2.—
   2    Trop., to compare to or with: qui formam, aetatem, genus mortis magni Alexandri fatis adaequarent, Tac. Ann. 2, 73.—
   B To attain to, or reach, by equalling. —With acc. (cf.: aequo and aequiparo): ne quid absit quod deorum vitam possit adaequare, Cic. Univ. 11: longarum navium cursum adaequaverunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 8: ut muri altitudinem acervi armorum adaequarent, id. ib. 2, 32; cf. id. B. C. 2, 16, and Sall. J. 4.
II Neut., to be equal.
   a Absol.: senatorum urna copiose absolvit, equitum adaequavit, the votes of the equites were equally divided, there was an equal number for acquitting and for condemning, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 6.—
   b With dat.: turris quae moenibus adaequaret, Auct. B. G. 8, 41: se virtute nostris adaequare non posse intellegunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 16 Dinter, where some read nostros: adaequare apud Caesarem gratiā, sc. Aeduis, id. B: G. 6, 12.