pariter

Latin

Etymology

From pār (“equal”) +‎ -ter.

Adverb

pariter (not comparable)

1. equally, as much
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 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, Ovid, 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.’’)

Related terms

• pār
• parius
• parissimē

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.