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aequātĭo, ōnis, f. [aequo], an equalizing, equal distribution: gratiae dignitatis suffragiorum, Cic. Mur. 23; cf. Liv. 34, 31: bonorum, community of goods, communism, Cic. Off. 2, 21, 73: juris, Liv. 8, 4 al.