ĭnīquĭtas (noun F) : (
* 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.
* Trop.
* Excessiveness, that exceeds one's strength: operis,Col. 2, 4, 6.
* 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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