impurus

Latin

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Etymology

From im- (“without, not”) + pūrus (“pure; chaste”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /imˈpuː.rus/, [ɪmˈpuː.rʊs]

Adjective

impūrus (feminine impūra, neuter impūrum); first/second declension

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative impūrus impūra impūrum impūrī impūrae impūra
Genitive impūrī impūrae impūrī impūrōrum impūrārum impūrōrum
Dative impūrō 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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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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