Definition of iniquitas
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LNS
inīquitās, inīquitātis
iniquus
noun (f., 3rd declension)
  1. unequalness
  2. Unevenness
  3. Inequality
  4. Excessiveness, that exceeds one's strength
  5. Unfavorableness, adverseness, difficulty, hardness
  6. Unfairness, injustice, unreasonableness
Abbreviations
inīquitas, ātis (gen. plur. iniquitatium, Tert. Spect. 2), f. iniquus, unequalness. Lit. Unevenness, of the ground: loci, Caes. B. G. 7, 45: in talibus iniquitatibus locorum, Liv. 38, 22, 3.

— Inequality, of weight: ponderis, App. M. 7, p. 195, 38.

— Excessiveness, that exceeds one's strength: operis, Col. 2, 4, 6.

— Trop. Unfavorableness, adverseness, difficulty, hardness: loci, Liv. 2, 65, 5: in tanta rerum iniquitate, Caes. B. G. 2, 22 fin.: temporum iniquitate pressi, Liv. 35, 16, 11: temporis, Curt. 7, 7, 3: propter iniquitatem temporum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 1; with acerbitas, id. ib. 29, 81.

— Unfairness, injustice, unreasonableness: aequitas, temperantia, fortitudo certant cum iniquitate, luxuria, ignavia, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25: praetoris, id. Quint. 2, 9: in tanta hominum perfidia et iniquitate, id. Fam. 1, 2, 4; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207: iniquitates potestatum, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 106: Vespasiano ad obtinendas iniquitates haud perinde obstinante, unreasonable demands in the shape of taxes, Tac. H. 2, 84: exitii, id. A. 16, 17: summae iniquitatis se condemnari debere, would render himself guilty of the highest injustice, Caes. B. G. 7, 19: quae si vobis non probabuntur, vestram iniquitatem accusatote, your unreasonable demands, Cic. de Or. 1, 48, 208; so of unreasonable harshness, id. Caecin. 23, 65: iniquitatem deum atque execrabilem fortunam suam incusabant, Liv. 26, 34, 13: ab iniquitate judicis victoriam sperare, partiality, Gai. Inst. 4, 178.

— Plur.: juris emendatae edicto Praetoris, Gai. Inst. 3, 25; 41: calumniantium, acts of injustice, Just. Inst. prooem. init.
 
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