impurus

Latin

Alternative forms

inpūrus

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *ən-

Latin in-

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
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

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.