plural of equative

(grammar) A construction showing an equal quality. In English, this is normally formed using as. For example, the equative of happy is as happy as. / (grammar) A word in the equative form.

(grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being an equative.

In an equative manner.

(historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the equestrian order (Latin: ordo equester), the lower of the two aristocratic classes of Ancient Rome, ranking below the patricians.

Equal; balanced; identical.