unequal Copy link Outline I. Simple disparity1. impar, păris2. dispar3. dispărĭlis, e (rare)4. inaequālis, e5. vărius, alternatingII. SuperiorIII. Inferior1. impar2. dispar3. inīquus • unequal: I. Simple disparity: 1. impar, păris: u. forms and tempers, impares formae atque animi, Hor. Od. 1, 33, 10. 2. dispar: u. periods, disparia tempora, Cic. N. D. 1, 31, 87: formed of 7 u. reeds, septem disparibus cicutis compacta, Virg. Ed. 2, 36: brothers u. neither in age nor strength, fratres, neque aetate nec viribus dispares, Liv. 1, 24. 3. dispărĭlis, e (rare): the u. atmosphere of the world, d. adspiratio terrarum, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 79. 4. inaequālis, e: nothing is more u. than equality itself, nihil est ipsa aequalitate inaequalius, Plin. Ep. 9, 5. 5. vărius, alternating: they fought with u. result, vario certamine pugnatum est, Caes. B. C. 1, 46: v. equal, even (adj.), uneven. II. Superior: impar: u. kindness, benevolentia i., Cic. Fam. 5, 8: v. superior. III. Inferior: 1. impar: u. to thee as a soldier, tibi miles impar: Hor. Od. 4, 6, 5: u. in valour, virtute impares, Phaedr. 4, 15, 8: u. to bear pain, i. dolori, Tac. A. 15, 57: u. to the expense, i. sumtui, Ulp. Dig. 3, 5, 10. 2. dispar: not u. either in age or strength, nec aetate nec viribus dispares, Liv. 1, 24. 3. inīquus: an u. contest, pugna iniqua, Virg. Aen. 10, 889. Phr.: he was u. to (the task of) payment, solvendo non erat, Cic. Att. 13, 10: to be u. to bear the fatigue of war, laborem belli ferre non possum, Caes. B. G. 6, 31: quite u. in point of valour, nequaquam par ad virtutem, Liv. 26, 16: v. equal, inferior.