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Latin
Adjective
impiō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of impius
Verb
impiō (present infinitive impiāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- (chiefly Old Latin and Late Latin) to pollute, defile
c. 125 CE – 180 CE,
Apuleius,
Metamorphoses 1.18:
- nox acerba dīrās et trucēs imāginēs obtulit, ut adhūc mē crēdam cruōre hūmānō aspersum atque impiātum.
- the rough night brought me such dreadful and harsh dreams that I still feel splashed and polluted with human blood.
Usage notes
Rarely used in Classical Latin, but encountered in Plautus, the archaizing Apuleius, and Late Latin authors such as Ammianus Marcellinus and Prudentius.
Conjugation
References
- “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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Etymology
From im- + pio (“compassionate”). Piecewise doublet of ímpio.
Pronunciation
Adjective
impio (feminine impia, masculine plural impios, feminine plural impias)
- cruel, inhuman, barbaric
- Antonyms: pio, piedoso, compassivo