iniquitas

Latin

Etymology

From inīquus (“unfair, unjust”) +‎ -tas, from in- + aequus (“equal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iˈniː.kʷi.taːs/, [ɪˈniːkʷɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈni.kwi.tas/, [iˈniːkwit̪äs]

Noun

inīquitās f (genitive inīquitātis); third declension

1. unfairness, inequality, unevenness
2. injustice, inequity
3. iniquity
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.5:

     Nōn adōrābis ea, neque colēs: ego sum Dominus Deus tuus fortis, zēlōtēs, vīsitāns inīquitātem patrum in fīliōs, in tertiam et quārtam generātiōnem eōrum quī ōdērunt mē.

     Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.

4. crime

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	inīquitās	inīquitātēs
Genitive	inīquitātis	inīquitātum
Dative	inīquitātī	inīquitātibus
Accusative	inīquitātem	inīquitātēs
Ablative	inīquitāte	inīquitātibus
Vocative	inīquitās	inīquitātēs

Descendants

Descendants of iniquitas in other languages

• English: iniquity
• French: iniquité
• Italian: iniquità
• Spanish: iniquidad

References

• “iniquitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “iniquitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• iniquitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • under such unfavourable circumstances: in tanta rerum (temporum) iniquitate
    
  • to be severely tried by misfortune: multis iniquitatibus exerceri