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1 aequitas
aequĭtas, ātis, f. [aequus], the quality of being aequus (syn.: aequalitas, jus, justitia, fas).I.The uniform relation of one thing to others, equality, conformity, symmetry; portionum aequitate turbatā, Sen. Q. N. 3, 10: commoditas et aequitas ( proportion, symmetry) membrorum, Suet. Aug. 79.—II.Trop.A.Just or equitable conduct toward others, justice, equity, fairness, epieikeia (governed by benevolence, while justitia yields to another only what is strictly due):(α).pro aequitate contra jus dicere,
Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 240:belli aequitas sanctissime fetiali jure perscripta est,
id. Off. 1, 11, 36:a verbis recedere et aequitate uti,
id. Caecin. 13; Nep. Arist. 2, 2 Br.; cf. id. Milt. 2, Suet. Claud. 15. But it is sometimes used for justitia:summa bonitas et aequitas causae,
Cic. Att. 16, 16:quam habet aequitatem, ut agrum qui nullum habuit, habeat?
id. Off. 2, 22 fin. —Eccl., righteousness,of men, Vulg. Deut. 9, 5; ib. Mal. 2, 6.—(β).Of God, Vulg. Psa. 9, 9; ib. Act. 17, 31.—B.A quiet, tranquil state of mind, evenness of temper, moderation, calmness, tranquillity, repose, equanimity; often with animus:quis hanc animi maximi aequitatem in ipsā morte laudaret, si? etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 97:novi moderationem animi tui et aequitatem,
id. de Sen. 1; so id. Agr. 1, 5:ut animi aequitate plebem contineant,
Caes. B. G 6, 22; so Nep. Thras. 4:ubi pax evenerat aequitate,
Sall. C. 9, 3.
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