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“disproportion” in Latin
inaequālitāsinequalityinconcinnitāsinconcinnity, asymmetry, disharmonydiscrepōto disagree (with), differ or varydissimilitūdōunlikeness, difference, dissimilitudeprāvitāscrookedness, inequality, irregularity, deformity; impropriety, perverseness; viciousness, untowardness, depravity
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disproportion s.
inaequalitas (opposed to congruentia aequalitasque, Plin., Ep., 2, 5, 11): inconcinnitas (want of apt symmetry; Suet., Augustin, 86): discrepantia (jarring difference; used by Cic. with reference to consistency of moral conduct, in actiones omnemque vitam nullam discrepantiam conferre debemus, Off., 1, 31, 11): dissimilitudo (unlikeness): pravitas (deviation from that just proportion of parts that makes the thing what it should be): parum apta membrorum compositio (dispropotion between the limbs of any structure or composition: membrorum compositio, Cic.): *inaequalis tributio (disproportionate distribution; after Cic., who gives aequalis tributio as a translation of ἰσονομια, or the state where paria paribus respondent).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disproportion?
- The usual Latin words for “disproportion” are inaequālitās, inconcinnitās, discrepō; also dissimilitūdō, prāvitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.