contemporary Copy link Outline 1. aequālis, e (usu. with aetas, tempus, or some such word2. expr. by tempus or aetas; esp. the former • contemporary: 1. aequālis, e (usu. with aetas, tempus, or some such word: constr. with gen. or dat.): nor is any c. author extant, nec quisquam aequalis temporibus illis extat, Liv.; also, illorum temporum, Cic.: sometimes absol.: sacred rites c. with the founding of the city, sacra aeq. urbis, Liv.: my c., aeq. meus, Cic. 2. expr. by tempus or aetas; esp. the former: he was c. with Aristotle, fuit tempore eodem (temporibus iisdem) quo A., Cic.: all his c.s, omnes ejusdem aetatis, Cic.: simly., seculi sui, Vell. (N.B. Not coaevus or contemporaneus, which belong to late Latin.) Phr.: c. histories (with ref. to particular emperors), res florentibus ipsis (scriptae), Tac. A. 1, 1: nearly c., paulo ante, post; prior, posterior, serior.