English → Latin
“disproportionable, disproportionate” in Latin
inaequālisunequal; unlike, dissimilar; uneven, unsteadyinīquusunjust, unfair; unequal, uneven; unfavourable, disadvantageousinconcinnusawkward, clumsy; inelegant, ungracefulprāvuscrooked, deformed; depraved, perverse, wicked; vicious, wrong, bad, improperparvussmall; little; puny; cheap; petty; trifling; ignorable; unimportant
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disproportionable, disproportionate
inaequalis: extra modum prodiens (Cic.): Sometimes iniquus, inconcinnus, pravus: minor [minus magnus, Varr.] quam modus postulat (disproportionately small; Varr., of a villa too small for the estate; so major, etc.: quam modus postulat, adapting the adjective to the kind of disproportion): *ad universam totius magnitudinis summam parum conveniens (of a part out of proportion to the whole; after Vitr. 3, 1, 3). In plur., inaequalitate dissidentes (Quint.; of two eyebrows, 11, 3, 79): parum apti inter se et convenientes or parum convenientes inter se; or inter se discordes (Liv.; e.g., membra, Lucr.). Unequal, but not disproportionate intervals, intervalla imparia, sed tamen pro rata parte ratione distincta (Cic., Rep., 6, 18).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disproportionable, disproportionate?
- The usual Latin words for “disproportionable, disproportionate” are inaequālis, inīquus, inconcinnus; also prāvus, parvus. 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.