iniquus

From in- (“not”) +‎ aequus (“equal, even, fair”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iˈniː.kʷus/, [ɪˈniː.kʷʊs]

inīquus (feminine inīqua, neuter inīquum); first/second declension

1. unjust, unfair
   • 100 BCE – 44 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.

2. unequal, uneven
3. unfavourable, disadvantageous
4. unkind, hostile
5. unsuitable

First/second declension.

• comparative: inīquior, superlative: inīquissimus

• French: inique
• Italian: iniquo
• Spanish: inicuo, inicua

• 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, 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