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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la aequus}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * Classical: [ɪˈniː.kʷɪ.taːs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * Ecclesiastical: [iˈniː.kʷi.tas]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''inīquitās''' ''f'' (genitive inīquitātis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is formed from [[m|la|inīquus|t=uneven, unfair]] with the suffix [[m|la|-tās]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) ⟨Inīquus⟩ is the negative of [[m|la|aequus|t=level, fair]], which de Vaan traces to ⟨*aikwos⟩ but finds no convincing etymology for.^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler gives Cicero as its first author.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It is unevenness of the ground, as Caesar's disadvantage of the terrain, and inequality of size or amount, as an inscription's unequal measures and weights, or the uneven distribution of work in Columella.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is unfairness or hostile prejudice, as Claudius Quadrigarius on the unfairness of the gods, under whom the worse are safer, and the adverse nature of circumstances, as Curtius' “adversity of the time”.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In the Bible and Church Latin it became iniquity, sin and injustice, and in medieval Latin also a crime.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar of uneven ground.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st century AD – Curtius of adverse circumstances.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1300 – Borrowed into English, by way of Old French, as [[m|en|iniquity]].^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|unevenness|alt=Unevenness]] (of ground).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # [[m|en|inequality|alt=Inequality]]; uneven distribution.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Unfairness, [[m|en|injustice]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Unfavourable or adverse nature (of circumstances).^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|iniquity|alt=Iniquity]], sin, ''(Medieval Latin)'' a crime.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[inīquus]]
+ * [[aequus]]
+ * [[aequitās]]
+ * [[en|iniquity]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}