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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“not”) + aequus (“equal, even, fair”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
inīquus (feminine inīqua, neuter inīquum, comparative inīquior, superlative inīquissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- unjust, unfair
c. 52 BCE,
Julius Caesar,
Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44:
- Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.
- If they chose to make a second trial, he was ready to encounter them again; but if they chose to enjoy peace, it was unfair to refuse the tribute, which of their own free-will they had paid up to that time.
- unequal, uneven
- Synonyms: dispār, inaequālis, impār
- Antonyms: aequālis, pār, plānus, aequus
- unfavourable, disadvantageous
- unkind, hostile
- Synonyms: hostīlis, inimīcus, oblīquus, īnfēnsus, adversus, āversus, dīversus, īnfestus
- Antonyms: affābilis, amīcābilis, facilis, benevolēns
- unsuitable
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “iniquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “iniquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iniquus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- iniquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- friend and foe: aequi iniqui
- in a favourable position: idoneo, aequo, suo (opp. iniquo) loco