Latin

Noun

aequitās f ‎(genitive aequitātis); third declension

1. uniformity, evenness
2. equality, equanimity
3. impartiality, fairness, justice

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: equity
• French: équité
• Italian: equità
• Portuguese: equidade
• Spanish: equidad

References

• aequitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aequitas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aequitas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.