English → Latin
“unjust” in Latin
iniūstusunjust, wrongful; severe, excessive (punishment); unsuitableiniūriusinjurious, wrongful, unjustiniūriōsuswrongful, criminal; hurtful, noxious; insultinginīquusunjust, unfair; unequal, uneven; unfavourable, disadvantageousventusa wind
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unjust
injustus (violating the duties which we owe to others; of persons or things): injurius (encroaching on the rights or privileges of others; very rare; Ter., Andr., 2, 3, 2; and Cic., Off., 3, 23, 89; of persons or actions): injuriosus (who is given to commit injustice, to wrong others; also, IMPROP., pes, ventus, †): iniquus (unfair, and of whatever betrays unfair dealing). ☞ The “injustus” acts contrary to established right and law; the “iniquus” against morality. An unjust war, bellum impium, injusta arma (e.g., inferre alicui, Liv.): it is unjust, iniquum or injustum est: to make an unjust demand, iniqua postulare: to be unjust toward anybody, iniquum esse in aliquem. Unjust toward anybody, injuriosus in aliquem (Cic.), adversus aliquem (Sen.): anything is unjust toward one’s country, aliquid injustum in patriam est. To make an unjust decree, injuriose decernere: how unjust it is that, etc., quam inique comparatum est, ut (Terentianus), quod (Cic., of social arrangements, etc.). An unjust will, testamentum improbum or inofficiosum (inofficiosum, when nothing is left to one’s nearest relations).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unjust?
- The usual Latin words for “unjust” are iniūstus, iniūrius, iniūriōsus; also inīquus, ventus. 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.