pariter

pariter

Latin

Etymology

    From pār (equal) + -ter.

    Adverb

    pariter (comparative parius, superlative parissimē or parissumē, adjective pār)

    1. equally; as much
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.190:
        [...] et pariter facta atque īnfecta canēbat.
        And [Rumor] was singing equally about what had happened as well as what had not taken place.
        (Fama or Rumor conveys both fact and fiction.)
    2. together
    3. likewise
      • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.747–748:
        ‘cōnsule’ dīc ‘pecorī pariter pecorisque magistrīs:
        effugiat stabulīs noxā repulsa meīs.’
        Say, ‘‘Lend your care to the flock and likewise to the masters of the flock. Send away harm, [it] having been repelled from my stables.’’
        (A prayer to Pales. Note the alliteration and repetitive emphasis of the three ‘‘p’’ words: ‘‘pecorī pariter pecorisque.’’)

    References

    • pariter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • pariter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • pariter”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.