Lewis & Short

cŏ-aequo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make one thing equal or even with another, to even, level (rare but in good prose).

  1. I. Prop.: aream, Cato, R. R. 91 and 129: montes, Sall. C. 20, 11: pastinatum, Col. 3, 16, 1: sulcum, id. 11, 3, 48: glaebas, id. 2, 17, 4; cf. Pall. 1, 13 fin.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To make equal in worth, dignity, power, etc., to bring to the same level, place on the same footing, equalize: ad libidines injuriasque tuas omnia coaequasti, * Cic. Verr 2, 3, 41, § 95: gratiam omnium, Sall. Rep. Ord. 2, 11, 3: coaequati dignitate, pecuniā, virtute, etc., id. ib. 2: primogenito tuo, Vulg. Sir. 36, 14: pedes meos cervis, id. 2 Reg. 22, 34.
    2. B. To compare (late Lat.): aliquem cum aliquo, Lact. de Ira Dei, 7: aliquem alicui, Hier. in Isa. 5, 17, 14.