ex-aequo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I To make even or level with any thing.
A Lit. (very rarely): inferior pars (ex transtillis) sub aqua exaequanda, etc., Vitr. 5, 12, 3: tumulos tumulis exaequabant, Auct. B. Hisp. 5 fin. —
2 Transf.: aurum auro expendetur, argentum argento exaequabitur, shall be balanced , compensated , Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 43.—Freq. and class.,
B Trop., to place on a level , regard as equal , to equal : ii, qui sunt in amicitiae conjunctionisque necessitudine superiores, exaequare se cum inferioribus debent, Cic. Lael. 20, 71; cf.: neminem secum dignitate, * Caes. B. C. 1, 4, 4; Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25; cf.: vetus miles tironi liber voloni sese exaequari sineret, Liv. 23, 35, 7; so, aliquem alicui, id. 34, 3; 45, 38: nos caelo (victoria), Lucr. 1, 79: facta dictis, i. e. to relate the events with historic accuracy just as they occurred , Sall. C. 3, 2 Kritz.: uti militibus exaequatus cum imperatore labos volentibus esset, id. J. 100, 4: ad hanc regulam omnem vitam tuam exaequa, conform , Sen. Ep. 20: qui omnia jura pretio exaequasset, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 50, 123; cf.: certamina belli ferro, Lucr. 5, 1296: libertatem, Liv. 3, 39 fin. : periculum, Sall. C. 59, 1.—
II To equal , be equal to any one; with acc. (cf. aequo): ut longitudo aut plenitudo harum (syllabarum) multitudinem alterius assequatur et exaequet, Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28: tetricas Sabinas, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 61.