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.
UNEQUAL Copy link • UNEQUALimpar (denotes inequality as to quantity, either arithmetically [= odd, of numbers], or as involving a relative weakness): dispar (refers to quality, without distinguishing on which side of the comparison the advantage lies; but also used generally, dispares cicutae, of unequal length, Verg.): inaequalis (general term; opposed to sequus, equal; e.g., of the sides of a triangle; then IMPROP. of what is not regular, auctumni, etc.): disparilis (very rare, but classical; aspiratio terrarum, Cic.; pabulum; formae, Varr.; vites, Col.). Equal in boldness, unequal in prudence, par audacia, consilio impar: unequal in numbers, nequaquam numero pares. Unequal (of things relatively to each other), dispares inter se. Not equal to a task, imparem esse alicui rei (opposed to parem esse; e.g., negotiis): aliquid sustinere non posse (e.g., molem): alicujus vires non sufficiunt (Caes., ; ad aliquid, Quint.): aliquid ferre non posse (e.g., to be unequal to the labor, ferre operis laborem non posse, Caes.). Unequal marriages, impares nuptiae. Because she had made an unequal marriage, quod juncta impari esset (i. e., with a person of inferior rank, Liv., 6, 349).