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(adjective) : impar (inp-), ăris (
* Abl. sing. impari; but, metri grat., impare,Verg. E. 8, 75; id. Cir. 372; gen. plur. imparium, Cels. 3, 4 al.), 2. in-par, uneven, unequal, dissimilar in number or quality (cf. dispar, dissimilis).
* In gen. (class.): stellarum numerus par an impar sit, nescitur,Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 32: congressus impari numero,Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 6; 1, 47, 3: numero deus impare gaudet,Verg. E. 8, 75 Serv.; cf.: imparem numerum antiqui prosperiorem hominibus esse crediderunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 109 Müll.: (sonus) intervallis conjunctus imparibus,Cic. Rep. 6, 18; cf. Lucr. 5, 683: qui Musas amat impares,Hor. C. 3, 19, 13: imparibus carmina facta modis,i. e. hexameters and pentameters,Ov. Tr. 2, 220: impares tibiae numero foraminum discretae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 109 Müll.: ludere par impar,even or odd,Hor. S. 2, 3, 248: mensae erat pes tertius impar: Testa parem fecit,Ov. M. 8, 662: formae atque animi,Hor. C. 1, 33, 11; cf. formae,id. S. 2, 2, 30: si toga dissidet impar, Rides,uneven, awry,id. Ep. 1, 1, 96: acer coloribus impar,i. e. partycolored,Ov. M. 10, 95: quos quidem ego ambo unice diligo: sed in Marco benevolentia impari,Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4: leges,Quint. 7, 7, 6: ad exhortationem praecipue valent imparia,id. 5, 11, 10.
* With dat.: nil fuit umquam sic impar sibi,Hor. S. 1, 3, 19.
* In partic. (with the accessory notion of smaller, inferior), unequal to, not a match for, unable to cope with a thing; inferior, weaker (so perh. not till after the Aug. period).
* With dat.: Phthius Achilles, Ceteris major, tibi (Apollini) miles impar,Hor. C. 4, 6, 5; Suet. Dom. 10: derepente velut impar dolori congemuit,unable to support his grief,Suet. Tib. 23: muliebre corpus impar dolori,Tac. A. 15, 57; cf.: senex et levissimis quoque curis impar,id. ib. 14, 54: Pygmaeus bellator impar hosti,Juv. 13, 169: optimatium conspirationi,Suet. Caes. 15: militum ardori,id. Oth. 9: bello,Tac. H. 1, 74: sumptui,Dig. 3, 5, 9: impar tantis honoribus,Suet. Tib. 67.
* With abl. specif. (not ante-Aug.): sed viribus impar,Ov. M. 5, 610; cf.: par audaciā Romanus, consilio et viribus impar,Liv. 27, 1, 7: omni parte virium impar,id. 22, 15, 9: nec facies impar nobilitate fuit,Ov. F. 4, 306: Batavi impares numero,Tac. H. 4, 20: obsessi et impares et aqua ciboque defecti,Quint. 3, 8, 23.
* Inequitable, unjust: videbam quam inpar esset sors, cum ille vobis bellum pararet, vos ei securam pacem praestaretis,Liv. 42, 13, 5.
* Poet. transf., unequal, i. e. beyond one's strength, which one is not a match for: judice sub Tmolo certamen venit ad impar,to the unequal strife,Ov. M. 11, 156: pugna,Verg. A. 12, 216; cf.: imparibus certare,Hor. Epod. 11, 18.
* With inf.: magnum opus et tangi nisi cura vincitur impar,Grat. Cyn. 61.—* Adv.: impărĭter, unequally: versibus impariter junctis,i. e. in hexameters and pentameters,Hor. A. P. 75.
* Abl. sing. impari; but, metri grat., impare,Verg. E. 8, 75; id. Cir. 372; gen. plur. imparium, Cels. 3, 4 al.), 2. in-par, uneven, unequal, dissimilar in number or quality (cf. dispar, dissimilis).
* In gen. (class.): stellarum numerus par an impar sit, nescitur,Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 32: congressus impari numero,Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 6; 1, 47, 3: numero deus impare gaudet,Verg. E. 8, 75 Serv.; cf.: imparem numerum antiqui prosperiorem hominibus esse crediderunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 109 Müll.: (sonus) intervallis conjunctus imparibus,Cic. Rep. 6, 18; cf. Lucr. 5, 683: qui Musas amat impares,Hor. C. 3, 19, 13: imparibus carmina facta modis,i. e. hexameters and pentameters,Ov. Tr. 2, 220: impares tibiae numero foraminum discretae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 109 Müll.: ludere par impar,even or odd,Hor. S. 2, 3, 248: mensae erat pes tertius impar: Testa parem fecit,Ov. M. 8, 662: formae atque animi,Hor. C. 1, 33, 11; cf. formae,id. S. 2, 2, 30: si toga dissidet impar, Rides,uneven, awry,id. Ep. 1, 1, 96: acer coloribus impar,i. e. partycolored,Ov. M. 10, 95: quos quidem ego ambo unice diligo: sed in Marco benevolentia impari,Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 4: leges,Quint. 7, 7, 6: ad exhortationem praecipue valent imparia,id. 5, 11, 10.
* With dat.: nil fuit umquam sic impar sibi,Hor. S. 1, 3, 19.
* In partic. (with the accessory notion of smaller, inferior), unequal to, not a match for, unable to cope with a thing; inferior, weaker (so perh. not till after the Aug. period).
* With dat.: Phthius Achilles, Ceteris major, tibi (Apollini) miles impar,Hor. C. 4, 6, 5; Suet. Dom. 10: derepente velut impar dolori congemuit,unable to support his grief,Suet. Tib. 23: muliebre corpus impar dolori,Tac. A. 15, 57; cf.: senex et levissimis quoque curis impar,id. ib. 14, 54: Pygmaeus bellator impar hosti,Juv. 13, 169: optimatium conspirationi,Suet. Caes. 15: militum ardori,id. Oth. 9: bello,Tac. H. 1, 74: sumptui,Dig. 3, 5, 9: impar tantis honoribus,Suet. Tib. 67.
* With abl. specif. (not ante-Aug.): sed viribus impar,Ov. M. 5, 610; cf.: par audaciā Romanus, consilio et viribus impar,Liv. 27, 1, 7: omni parte virium impar,id. 22, 15, 9: nec facies impar nobilitate fuit,Ov. F. 4, 306: Batavi impares numero,Tac. H. 4, 20: obsessi et impares et aqua ciboque defecti,Quint. 3, 8, 23.
* Inequitable, unjust: videbam quam inpar esset sors, cum ille vobis bellum pararet, vos ei securam pacem praestaretis,Liv. 42, 13, 5.
* Poet. transf., unequal, i. e. beyond one's strength, which one is not a match for: judice sub Tmolo certamen venit ad impar,to the unequal strife,Ov. M. 11, 156: pugna,Verg. A. 12, 216; cf.: imparibus certare,Hor. Epod. 11, 18.
* With inf.: magnum opus et tangi nisi cura vincitur impar,Grat. Cyn. 61.—* Adv.: impărĭter, unequally: versibus impariter junctis,i. e. in hexameters and pentameters,Hor. A. P. 75.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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