impurus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From in- + pūrus (“pure; chaste”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈpuː.rus/, [ɪmˈpuːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /imˈpu.rus/, [imˈpuːrus]
Adjective edit
impūrus (feminine impūra, neuter impūrum, comparative impūrior, superlative impūrissimus, adverb impūrē); first/second-declension adjective
- unclean, filthy, foul, dirty
- (figuratively, in a moral sense) impure, defiled, filthy, infamous, vile
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | impūrus | impūra | impūrum | impūrī | impūrae | impūra | |
| Genitive | impūrī | impūrae | impūrī | impūrōrum | impūrārum | impūrōrum | |
| Dative | impūrō | impūrō | impūrīs | ||||
| Accusative | impūrum | impūram | impūrum | impūrōs | impūrās | impūra | |
| Ablative | impūrō | impūrā | impūrō | impūrīs | |||
| Vocative | impūre | impūra | impūrum | impūrī | impūrae | impūra | |
Synonyms edit
- (impure): adulter, adulterīnus, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, incestus, profānus
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "impure"): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus, pūtus, absolutus
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “impurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “impurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- impurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.