impurus

Latin

Alternative forms

• inpūrus

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *pewH-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *puHros

Proto-Italic *pūros

Latin pūrus

Latin impūrus

From in- + pūrus (“pure; chaste”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪmˈpuː.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [imˈpuː.rus]

Adjective

impūrus (feminine impūra, neuter impūrum, comparative impūrior, superlative impūrissimus, adverb impūrē); first/second-declension adjective

1. unclean, filthy, foul, dirty
2. (figuratively, in a moral sense) impure, defiled, filthy, infamous, vile

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	impūrus	impūra	impūrum		impūrī	impūrae	impūra
genitive	impūrī	impūrae	impūrī		impūrōrum	impūrārum	impūrōrum
dative	impūrō	impūrae	impūrō		impūrīs
accusative	impūrum	impūram	impūrum		impūrōs	impūrās	impūra
ablative	impūrō	impūrā	impūrō		impūrīs
vocative	impūre	impūra	impūrum		impūrī	impūrae	impūra

Synonyms

• (impure): adulter, adulterīnus, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, incestus, profānus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “impure”): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus, pūtus, absolutus

Derived terms

• impūrātus
• impūrē
• impūritās
• impūritia

Descendants

• Catalan: impur
• English: impure
• French: impur
• Italian: impuro
• Portuguese: impuro
• Spanish: impuro

References

• “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.