iniquus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From in- (“not”) aequus (“equal, even, fair”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /iˈniː.kʷus/, [ɪˈniːkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈni.kwus/, [iˈniːkwus]
Adjective
[edit]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.
- 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.
- unequal, uneven
- unfavourable, disadvantageous
- unkind, hostile
- unsuitable
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | inīquus | inīqua | inīquum | inīquī | inīquae | inīqua | |
Genitive | inīquī | inīquae | inīquī | inīquōrum | inīquārum | inīquōrum | |
Dative | inīquō | inīquō | inīquīs | ||||
Accusative | inīquum | inīquam | inīquum | inīquōs | inīquās | inīqua | |
Ablative | inīquō | inīquā | inīquō | inīquīs | |||
Vocative | inīque | inīqua | inīquum | inīquī | inīquae | inīqua |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- friend and foe: aequi iniqui
- in a favourable position: idoneo, aequo, suo (opp. iniquo) loco
- friend and foe: aequi iniqui