impurus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From in- +‎ pūrus (“pure; chaste”).

Pronunciation

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

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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.
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