Iniquus, pe. pro. Adiect. Not euen or plaine: not indifferent or iust: partial: vureasonable: that lacketh good discretion: angry: that beareth euil will: straight: narrow: vt Iniquos locus. Liu.An vneuen place.Iniquus ascensus.Liu.Iniquus. Te. An enimie or aduersarie. vt Postquam poeta sésir ab iniquis obseruari. Ter. Vertumnis natus iniquis. Ho. Not able to gouerne his own cogitation or mind.Iniquo animo ferre. Ter. To take vnpaciently, or grieuousiy to bee miscontented.Vitijs iniquus. Hor. Hating and not fauouring vices.Animis cerratis iniquis. Vir. Casus iniquus. Ter. A chaunse of aduersitie.Iniqua conditio.Cic.No indifferent, equal, or reasonable condition.Iniquior defensio. Ci. A maner of defending nothing indifferent or reasonable.Iudex iniquus.Ouid.A partial or no indifferent Iudge.Legem sancimus iniquam. Hor. Mente iniqua ferre aliquid.Ouid.Pretium pieratis iniquum.Ouid.An yl rewarde of gentle affection.Pugua iniqua. Vir. An vneuen match in fighting.Iniqui sermones.Cic.Slaunderous and reprocheful talke.Sidus iniquum gentibus. Lucan. A Planette that bringeth plague.Tempus iniquum, Vide TEMPVS.Vultu iniquo spectare a liquem.Ouid.To behold one with no fauourable countenance. Iniquo pondere rastri.Virg.Weighty and heauy takes.Sparioque subit Sergestus iniquo. Vir. Sergestus commeth by in a narrow roome.
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ĭnīquus, a, um, adj. [2. in-aequus], unequal.I.Lit.A.Uneven, not level, steep: puppis, inflicta vadis, dorso dum pendet iniquo, Verg. A. 10, 303: juga montis iniqui, Ov. M. 10, 172.—B.Not of the right measure, too great or too small: haeret Hylas lateri (Herculis), passusque moratur iniquos,
, Verg. G. 1, 164; so, adhibitis iniquis ponderibus, Dig. 18, 1, 32: sol,
too hot
, Verg. A. 7, 227: merum,
taken immoderately
, Val. Fl. 3, 66.—II.Transf.A.Unfair, unjust: quam iniqui sunt patres omnes in adulescentes judices, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 7: pacem vel iniquā condicione retinere, Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, 6: quid hoc iniquius dici potest, id. Quint. 2, 8: causa, Ter. And. 1, 5, 22: lex, Hor. S. 1, 3, 67: Parcae, id. C. 2, 6, 9: quis iniquae Tam patiens urbis, ut, etc., Juv. 1, 30: ventres modio castigare iniquo,
with short measure
,
scanty fare
, id. 14, 126: praeripere ... valde est iniquum, Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 6.— B.Inimical, hostile, adverse: iniquum esse in aliquem, Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 25: homines natura asperi atque omnibus iniqui, Cic. Planc. 16, 40: animo iniquissimo infestissimoque aliquem intueri, id. Verr. 2, 5, 55, 144: obscurius iniqui, id. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2: sermones, id. ib. 1, 9, 20: vultu iniquo spectare,
with an envious
,
spiteful look
, Ov. A. A. 1, 313.— Subst.: ĭnīquus, i, m., an enemy, foe: iniqui mei, Cic. Planc. 16, 40; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7: tui, id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, 167 Zumpt: nonnulli nostri iniqui, id. Planc. 23, 57.— Also in sup.: omnibus iniquissimis meis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 69 init.; cf. inimicus, and Zumpt, Gram. 410.—C.Hurtful, injurious, unfavorable, disadvantageous: loco iniquo subeundum erat ad hostes, Liv. 2, 31, 4: ascensu, id. 28, 16, 7: loca ad transitum, id. 8, 38, 6; cf. spatio, Verg. A. 5, 203; id. G. 4, 147: palus gnara vincentibus, iniqua (i. e. invia) nesciis, Tac. A. 1, 63: tributum iniquo suo tempore imperatum, Liv. 2, 23, 5: consilia cum patriae tum sibi capere, Nep. Paus. 3, 3: vina capiti, Plin. 13, 4, 9, 44: casus, Verg. A. 6, 475: sortem miserari iniquam, hard, id. ib. 12, 243.— Comp.: in locum iniquiorem progredi, Caes. B. G. 2, 10, 4.— Sup.: iniquissimo nostris loco proelium committere coeperunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.; so, locum subire, id. ib. 2, 27fin.— D.Unwilling, impatient, discontented: iniquo animo pati, Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 6: iniquo animo ferre aliquid, Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5: iniquissimo animo mori, id. de Sen. 23, 83: iniquae mentis asellus, Hor. S. 1, 9, 20: utrum aequo an iniquo animo mortem subieris jam nihil refert, Lact. 3, 27, 8: caelestes iniqui,
ungracious
,
unkind
, Ov. H. 8, 87.— E.Unsuitable: hoc paene iniquum est, comico choragio conari agere nos tragoediam, Plaut. Capt. prol. 61.—F.Imperfect, improperly drawn up: formula, Gai. Inst. 4, 57.— Hence, adv.: ĭnīquē. 1.Lit., unequally: quam inique comparatum est, Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 7; cf.: numquam vidi iniquius concertationem comparatam, i. e.