aequilibrium
See also: æquilibrium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]aequus (“level, even”) + lībra (“a level”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ae̯.kʷiˈliː.bri.um/, [äe̯kʷɪˈlʲiːbriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.kwiˈli.bri.um/, [ekwiˈliːbrium]
Noun
[edit]aequilībrium n (genitive aequilībriī or aequilībrī); second declension
- A level or horizontal position, equilibrium.
- (figuratively) A perfect equality, reciprocity.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aequilībrium | aequilībria |
| genitive | aequilībriī aequilībrī1 |
aequilībriōrum |
| dative | aequilībriō | aequilībriīs |
| accusative | aequilībrium | aequilībria |
| ablative | aequilībriō | aequilībriīs |
| vocative | aequilībrium | aequilībria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Catalan: equilibri
- → English: equilibrium
- French: équilibre
- → Romanian: echilibru
- Galician: equilibrio
- → German: Äquilibrium
- Italian: equilibrio
- Portuguese: equilíbrio
- Spanish: equilibrio
References
[edit]- “aequilibrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aequilibrium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.