inaequalis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ĭn -aequālis, e, adj.

I Uneven (in post-Aug. prose): loca, Tac. Agr. 36: mensae, i. e. not nicely finished , rough , Mart. 1, 56, 11; cf.: inaequalia et confragosa (sc. loca), Quint. 8, 5, 29: inaequales beryllo Virro tenet phialas, Juv. 5, 38.—

II Unequal , unlike (poet. and in post - Aug. prose): portus, of different sizes , Ov. M. 5, 408; cf.: triangula inaequalibus lateribus (opp. aequa), Quint. 1, 10, 41: siccat inaequales calices conviva, Hor. S. 2, 6, 68: auctumni, changeable , variable in temperature , Ov. M. 1, 117: vixit inaequalis, clavum ut mutaret in horas, inconstant , inconsistent , Hor. S. 2, 7 10: stulti et inaequales, Sen. Vit. Beat. 12: tonsor, that cuts unevenly , Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 94: procellae, that roughen the sea , id. C. 2, 9, 3.— Comp. : nihil est ipsa aequalitate inaequalius, Plin. Ep. 9, 5, 3.— Sup. : inaequalissimarum rerum sortes, Suet. Aug. 75. — Adv.: ĭnaequālĭter , unevenly , disproportionately : ova maturescunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 8 Bonon. (al. inaequabiliter): censuram gerere, Suet. Claud. 15; id. Galb. 9: findi, Col. Arbor. 7, 5: dispergere bracchia, Cels. 2, 6: deprimere alios, alios extollere, Liv. 37, 53, 6.

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