inaequalis Latin · revision 32661

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la aequus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɪ.nae̯ˈkʷaː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [i.neˈkʷaː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''inaequālis''' (neuter inaequāle, comparative inaequālior, superlative inaequālissimus, adverb inaequāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|in-|aequālis|t1=not|t2=equal, even]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010) [[m|la|aequālis]] comes from [[m|la|aequus|t=level, equal]], for which de Vaan finds no convincing etymology.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of surfaces it is uneven, not level: the ''Aetna'' has uneven fields, and Lewis & Short note this sense in Tacitus, Quintilian and Martial.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also of irregular shape or course: Livy has battle joined on an uneven front.^(OLD 2012) Celsus uses it of sweat that is patchy, and the elder Seneca of declamations uneven in merit.^(OLD 2012) It is unequal in size or strength: Horace has a guest draining unequal cups as he likes, and Livy calls a largesse unequally shared.^(OLD 2012) Of a person it is inconsistent: Horace has a man who lived so unevenly that he changed his stripe by the hour.^(OLD 2012) The TLL finds the comparative in Celsus and Pliny the Younger and the superlative in Suetonius.^(TLL) Niermeyer records medieval senses wrongful and defective.^(Niermeyer 1976) Church Latin glosses it unequal, uneven, unlike.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of unequal cups and an inconsistent man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of an uneven front.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus of patchy sweat.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of surfaces, [[m|en|uneven]], not level.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Irregular in shape or course; patchy; uneven in merit.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|unequal|alt=Unequal]] in size, strength or share.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Of persons, inconsistent, changeable.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Wrongful; defective.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[inaequālitās]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[aequalis|alt=aequālis]]

+ * [[aequus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}