The corpus record — Latin

periniquus

periniquus · adj

Very unfair

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Where it lives

De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 1 · 1.5/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

pĕr-ĭnīquus — Lewis & Short

pĕr-ĭnīquus, a, um, adj.

I Very unfair, very unjust: quare videant, ne sit periniquum et non ferendum, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63.—

II Very unwilling, very discontented: etsi periniquo patiebar animo, te a me digredi, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 1.

In the wild

periniquo Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.21.52.4
periniquo Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 12.18.1
periniquum Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 63

Where it came from

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