impio
Latin
editAdjective
editimpiō
Verb
editimpiō (present infinitive impiāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- (chiefly Old Latin and Late Latin) to pollute, defile
Usage notes
editRarely used in Classical Latin, but encountered in Plautus, the archaizing Apuleius, and Late Latin authors such as Ammianus Marcellinus and Prudentius.
Conjugation
editReferences
edit- “impio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- impio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- impio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016