Latin

Noun

inīquitas f ‎(genitive inīquitātis); third declension

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

     Non adorabis ea, neque coles: ego sum Dominus Deus tuus fortis, zelotes, visitans iniquitatem patrum in filios, in tertiam et quartam generationem eorum qui oderunt me.

     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.

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: iniquity
• French: iniquité
• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “iniquitas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • under such unfavourable circumstances: in tanta rerum (temporum) iniquitate
    
  • to be severely tried by misfortune: multis iniquitatibus exerceri