impius

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Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ pius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

impius (feminine impia, neuter impium, superlative impiissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. disloyal, undutiful
  2. godless, impious, unpatriotic
  3. damned, accursed
  4. wicked
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs. 28.15:
      leō rugiēns et ursus ēsuriēns prīnceps impius super populum pauperem
      As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people. (trans.: Douay-Rheims Bible)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative impius impia impium impiī impiae impia
Genitive impiī impiae impiī impiōrum impiārum impiōrum
Dative impiō impiō impiīs
Accusative impium impiam impium impiōs impiās impia
Ablative impiō impiā impiō impiīs
Vocative impie impia impium impiī impiae impia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: impiu
  • → English: impious
  • French: impie
  • Galician: impío
  • Italian: empio
  • Portuguese: ímpio
  • Spanish: impío

References

  • “impius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “impius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • impius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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