Aequi
ἡ Νέμεσις προλέγει τῷ πήχεϊ τῷ τε χαλινῷ μήτ' ἄμετρόν τι ποιεῖν μήτ' ἀχάλινα λέγειν → Nemesis warns us by her cubit-rule and bridle neither to do anything without measure nor to be unbridled in our speech
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Aequi: ōrum, m.
I A warlike people of ancient Italy, in the neighborhood of the Latins and Volsci, on both sides of the Anio, whose cities were Alba, Tibur, Praeneste, Carseoli, etc. They were almost entirely destroyed by the dictator Cincinnatus, Cic. Rep. 2, 20; Liv. 1, 9; 4, 30 al.; cf. Nieb. Röm. Gesch. 1, 81.—Hence,
Aequĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Æquian: bellum, with the Æqui, Liv. 3, 4, 3; 10, 1, 7.—
B Ae-quīcŭlus, a, um, adj., Æquian: gens, Verg. A. 7, 747 rura, Sil. 8, 371.—Hence, subst.: Aequīcŭlus, i, m., one of the Æqui: asper, Ov. F. 3, 93; so Suet. Vit. 1. —
C Aequīcūlāni = Aequiculi, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 107.
Latin > German (Georges)
Aequī (auch Aequīculī, Aequīcolī u. Aequīculānī), ōrum, m. ein altitalisches ackerbauendes, dabei raub- u. kriegslustiges Volk im latinischen Berglande, zwischen den Sabinern u. den Marsern, Hernikern, Volskern u. Latinern, Aequi, Cic. de rep. 2, 36. Liv. 2, 30 sqq.: transire ex Volscis in Aequos, ins Äquerland, Liv. 6, 2, 14. – Aequiculi, Liv. 1, 32, 5. Suet. Vit. 1, 3: Aequicoli, Plin. 3, 108 u. 25, 86: Sing. Aequiculus kollektiv, Verg. Aen. 9, 684. Ov. fast. 3, 93. – Aequiculani, Plin. 3, 106. – Dav.: a) Aequicus, a, um, äquisch, bellum, Liv. 5, 4, 3; 10, 1, 7. – b) Aequīculus, a, um, äquikulisch = äquisch, gens, Verg. Aen. 7, 747: rura, Sil. 8, 369 (371): archaist., rex Aequeicolus, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1. p. 564 (elog. XXXV).
