impūrus

impūrus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inpurus], unclean, filthy, foul (cf.: obscenus, spurcus, immundus).

Lit. (very rare):

impurae matris prolapsus ab alvo,

Ov. Ib. 223.—

Trop., unclean (in a moral sense), impure, defiled, filthy, infamous, abandoned, vile.

Of living beings:

impudens, impurus, inverecundissimus,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 38:

in his gregibus omnes aleatores, omnes adulteri, omnes impuri impudicique versantur,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

persona illa lutulenta, impura, invisa,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

o hominem impurum!

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 29: impuri cujusdam et ambitiosi sententia, Cic. Lael. 16, 59:

cum impuris atque immanibus adversariis decertare,

id. Rep. 1, 5:

(dux) audax, impurus,

id. ib. 1, 44:

impurus et sceleratus,

id. Att. 9, 15 fin.:

erat hic Corinthia anus haud impura,

tolerably decent, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 16:

homo haud impurus,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 4:

libidine omni,

Petr. 81.— Comp.:

quis illo qui maledicit impurior?

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 15.— Sup.: omnium non bipedum solum, sed etiam quadrupedum impurissimus, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 18, 48.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

lingua,

Sen. Ep. 87 med.:

animus,

Sall. C. 15, 4:

mores,

Cat. 108, 2:

adulterium,

id. 66, 84:

historia,

Ov. Tr. 2, 416:

medicamina, i. e. venena,

Flor. 2, 20:

quid impurius, quam retinuisse talem (adulteram),

Quint. 9, 2, 80. —Hence, adv.: impūrē (acc. to II.), impurely, basely, shamefully, vilely:

impure atque flagitiose vivere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

multa facere impure atque taetre,

id. Div. 1, 29, 6:

atque intemperanter facere,

id. Phil. 2, 21, 50:

a quo impurissime haec nostra fortuna despecta est,

id. Att. 9, 12, 2.

impūrus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inpurus], unclean, filthy, foul (cf.: obscenus, spurcus, immundus).

Lit. (very rare):

impurae matris prolapsus ab alvo,

Ov. Ib. 223.—

Trop., unclean (in a moral sense), impure, defiled, filthy, infamous, abandoned, vile.

Of living beings:

impudens, impurus, inverecundissimus,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 38:

in his gregibus omnes aleatores, omnes adulteri, omnes impuri impudicique versantur,

Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

persona illa lutulenta, impura, invisa,

id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

o hominem impurum!

Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 29: impuri cujusdam et ambitiosi sententia, Cic. Lael. 16, 59:

cum impuris atque immanibus adversariis decertare,

id. Rep. 1, 5:

(dux) audax, impurus,

id. ib. 1, 44:

impurus et sceleratus,

id. Att. 9, 15 fin.:

erat hic Corinthia anus haud impura,

tolerably decent, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 16:

homo haud impurus,

id. Eun. 2, 2, 4:

libidine omni,

Petr. 81.— Comp.:

quis illo qui maledicit impurior?

Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 15.— Sup.: omnium non bipedum solum, sed etiam quadrupedum impurissimus, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 18, 48.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

lingua,

Sen. Ep. 87 med.:

animus,

Sall. C. 15, 4:

mores,

Cat. 108, 2:

adulterium,

id. 66, 84:

historia,

Ov. Tr. 2, 416:

medicamina, i. e. venena,

Flor. 2, 20:

quid impurius, quam retinuisse talem (adulteram),

Quint. 9, 2, 80. —Hence, adv.: impūrē (acc. to II.), impurely, basely, shamefully, vilely:

impure atque flagitiose vivere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

multa facere impure atque taetre,

id. Div. 1, 29, 6:

atque intemperanter facere,

id. Phil. 2, 21, 50:

a quo impurissime haec nostra fortuna despecta est,

id. Att. 9, 12, 2.

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immundus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmundus], unclean, impure, dirty, filthy, foul (syn.: spurcus, obscenus, impurus).

Lit. (class.): humus erat immunda, lutulenta vino, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66:

homo,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24; id. Cist. 1, 1, 115; Lucr. 4, 1160; Hor. S. 1, 6, 124:

canis,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 26:

Harpyiae contactu immundo omnia foedant,

Verg. A. 3, 228:

sues,

id. G. 1, 400:

popinae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 62:

ager,

run wild, overgrown, Pall. 2, 10:

pauperies domūs,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 199.— Absol.: im-mundae, ārum, f., unclean women, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2.— Comp.:

superne deciduo immundiore lapsu aliquo polluta,

Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119:

nilo mundius hoc, niloque immundior ille,

Cat. 97, 3; Sen. Q. N. 9, 4, 2.— Sup.:

liquet illos immundissimos fuisse,

Sen. Ep. 86, 11; Plin. Ep. 10, 98, 1.—

Trop.:

aut immunda crepent ignominiosaque dicta,

Hor. A. P. 247.— Adv.: immundē, impurely, uncleanly: foedare templa, Jul. Obseq. Prod. 115.

immundus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmundus], unclean, impure, dirty, filthy, foul (syn.: spurcus, obscenus, impurus).

Lit. (class.): humus erat immunda, lutulenta vino, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66:

homo,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24; id. Cist. 1, 1, 115; Lucr. 4, 1160; Hor. S. 1, 6, 124:

canis,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 26:

Harpyiae contactu immundo omnia foedant,

Verg. A. 3, 228:

sues,

id. G. 1, 400:

popinae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 62:

ager,

run wild, overgrown, Pall. 2, 10:

pauperies domūs,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 199.— Absol.: im-mundae, ārum, f., unclean women, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2.— Comp.:

superne deciduo immundiore lapsu aliquo polluta,

Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119:

nilo mundius hoc, niloque immundior ille,

Cat. 97, 3; Sen. Q. N. 9, 4, 2.— Sup.:

liquet illos immundissimos fuisse,

Sen. Ep. 86, 11; Plin. Ep. 10, 98, 1.—

Trop.:

aut immunda crepent ignominiosaque dicta,

Hor. A. P. 247.— Adv.: immundē, impurely, uncleanly: foedare templa, Jul. Obseq. Prod. 115.

immundus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [inmundus], unclean, impure, dirty, filthy, foul (syn.: spurcus, obscenus, impurus).

Lit. (class.): humus erat immunda, lutulenta vino, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66:

homo,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24; id. Cist. 1, 1, 115; Lucr. 4, 1160; Hor. S. 1, 6, 124:

canis,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 26:

Harpyiae contactu immundo omnia foedant,

Verg. A. 3, 228:

sues,

id. G. 1, 400:

popinae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 62:

ager,

run wild, overgrown, Pall. 2, 10:

pauperies domūs,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 199.— Absol.: im-mundae, ārum, f., unclean women, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2.— Comp.:

superne deciduo immundiore lapsu aliquo polluta,

Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119:

nilo mundius hoc, niloque immundior ille,

Cat. 97, 3; Sen. Q. N. 9, 4, 2.— Sup.:

liquet illos immundissimos fuisse,

Sen. Ep. 86, 11; Plin. Ep. 10, 98, 1.—

Trop.:

aut immunda crepent ignominiosaque dicta,

Hor. A. P. 247.— Adv.: immundē, impurely, uncleanly: foedare templa, Jul. Obseq. Prod. 115.

inquĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cunire, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 50 Müll.], to befoul, stain, pollute, defile (syn.: polluo, contamino, conspurco).

Lit.:

vestem,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 17:

mentior at si quid, merdis caput inquiner albis Corvorum,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 37:

ruris opes niteant: inquinet arma situs,

Ov. F. 4, 928:

(gurgitem) venenis,

id. M. 14, 56:

segetem injecto lolio,

Dig. 9, 2, 27. —

Trop., to pollute, defile, corrupt, contaminate: saepe unus puer petulans atque impurus inquinat gregem puerorum, Varr. ap. Non. 168, 7:

amicitiam nomine criminoso,

Cic. Planc. 19, 46:

agros turpissimis possessoribus, id. Phil, 2, 17, 43: omnem splendorem honestatis,

id. Fin. 5, 8, 22:

urbis jura et exempla corrumpere domesticaque immanitate inquinare,

id. Deiot. 12, 23:

senatum,

Liv. 9, 46, 10:

famam alterius,

id. 29, 37 med.:

argumenta puerorum foedis amoribus,

Quint. 10, 1, 100; cf. id. 2, 5, 24; 4, 2, 102:

se parricidio,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 6:

se vitiis atque flagitiis,

id. ib. 1, 30, 72:

nuptias et genus et domos,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 18:

Juppiter inquinavit aere tempus aureum,

id. Epod. 16, 64.—Hence, inquĭnātus, a, um, P. a., befouled, polluted.

Lit.:

aqua turbida et cadaveribus inquinata,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.—

Transf., stained, dyed:

bis murice vellus inquinatum,

Mart. 4, 4, 6.—

Trop., defiled, impure, filthy, base.

In gen.:

omnibus flagitiis vita inquinata,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 24, 68:

nihil hoc homine inquinatius,

id. Fl. 22, 53:

sordidissima ratio et inquinatissima,

id. Off. 2, 6, 21:

quis in voluptate inquinatior,

id. Cael. 6, 13: comitia largitione inquinata, id. Q. Petit. Cons. fin.:

dextra inquinatior,

Cat. 33, 3:

sermo inquinatissimus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 26, § 65.—

In partic.

Of speech, low, base:

est vitiosum in verbis, si inquinatum, si abjectum,

Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 7:

versus inquinatus, insuavissima littera,

id. Or. 49, 163. —

Tinctured, slightly imbued with any thing (cf. A. 2.):

litteris satis inquinatus est,

Petr. Fragm. Trag. 46 Burm.:

non inquinati sumus (istis vitiis), sed infecti,

Sen. Ep. 59 med. — Adv.: inquĭnātē, filthily, impurely; loqui, Cic. Brut. 37, 140; 74, 258.

in-vĕrēcundus, a, um (inverĕcundus, Ven. de Vit. S. Mart. 1, 393), adj., without shame, shameless, immodest.

Of persons:

impudens, impurus, inverecundissimus,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 43:

deus,

i. e. Bacchus, Hor. Epod. 11, 13. —

Of things:

frons,

Quint. 2, 4, 16: animi ingenium, Poët. ap. Cic. Inv. 1, 45, 83:

animus,

Suet. Gram. 15. —In neutr, sing.:

inverecundum est,

it is shameful, Dig. 32, 1, 23.— Comp.:

quid inverecundius,

Val. Max. 7, 7, 1.— Adv.: invĕ-rēcundē, without shame, shamelessly (postAug.):

aliqua aetas fuerit, quae translationis jure uteretur inverecunde,

Sen. Ep. 114, 1:

dicere,

Quint. 7, 4, 10:

privatorum parietes, aedibus sacris inverecunde conexi,

irreverently, Amm. 27, 9, 10.— Comp., Hier. Ep. 128, 2:

dicere,

Aug. Ep. 155, 3, § 11.

obscēnus ( obscaen-, and less properly obscoen-), a, um, adj. [perh. ob and caenum, filth], of adverse, unfavorable, evil omen; ill-boding, inauspicious, ominous, portentous (cf.: sinister, funestus): apud antiquos omnes fere obscena dicta sunt, quae mali ominis habebantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.: obsceni interpres funestique ominis auctor, Matius ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 96 Müll.; Att. ap. Non. 357, 16:

deūm rixa vertat verba obscena,

Lucil. ib. 357, 17; Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 182 Vahl.): montem istum (Aventinum) excluserunt, quasi avibus obscenis ominosum (viz., by reason of the birds, which gave unfavorable omens to Remus), Mess. ap. Gell. 13, 14, 6; so, volucres, birds of illomen, i. e. owls, Verg. A. 12, 876:

canes,

id. G. 1, 470:

obscenum ostentum,

Suet. Galb. 4:

omen,

Cic. Dom. 55, 140: puppis, the fatal ship, that bore Helen when she eloped with Paris to Troy, Ov. H. 5, 119; cf.:

Troja,

Cat. 68, 99:

anus,

old witches, hags, Hor. Epod. 5, 98.— Sup.: Alliesis dies dicebatur apud Romanos obscenissimi ominis, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Alliesis, p. 7 Müll.—

Transf., repulsive, offensive, abominable, hateful, disgusting, filthy.

In gen. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose;

syn.: immundus, turpis): (Allecto) frontem obscenam rugis arat,

Verg. A. 7, 417:

volucres pelagi,

i. e. the harpies, id. ib. 3, 241;

262: upupa, obscena alias pastu avis,

Plin. 10, 29, 44, § 86; cf. fames, Verg. A. 3, 367:

haustus,

of filthy water, Luc. 4, 312:

cruor,

Verg. A. 4, 455.— As subst.: obscēna, ōrum, n., the excrements, Sen. Ep. 8, 1, 20; also, the urine:

qui clam latuit reddente obscena puellā,

Ov. R. Am. 437; cf. Mel. 1, 9.—

In partic., offensive to modesty, i. e. immodest, impure, indecent, lewd, obscene (class.;

syn.: spurcus, impurus): delicatae et obscenae voluptates,

Cic. N. D. 1, 40, 111:

adulterium,

Ov. Tr. 2, 212:

obscenas tabellas pingere,

Prop. 2, 5, 19 (6, 27):

carmina,

id. 1, 16, 10:

gestus motusque,

Tac. A. 15, 37:

obscenum in modum formata commotaque manus,

i. e. so as to suggest impure thoughts, Suet. Calig. 56:

jocandi genus flagitiosum, obscenum,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur,

Quint. 8, 3, 38:

quodque facere turpe non est, modo occulte, id dicere obscenum est,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 127; cf. id. ib. § 128; Quint. 11, 3, 125. — Comp.:

illud Antipatri paulo obscenius,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112:

abjectior et obscenior vita,

Val. Max. 3, 5 fin.—Sup.:

obscenissimi versus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2; Vell. 2, 83, 2.—

Subst.

obscēnus, i, m., a lewd person:

quis enim non vicus abundat Tristibus obscenis,

Juv. 2, 9.—

obscēna, ōrum, less freq. in the sing., obscēnum, i. n., the private parts, ta aidoia.— Plur.:

Nymphe fugiens obscena Priapi,

Ov. M. 9, 347; cf.:

pars nudi agunt, pars tantum obscena velati,

Mel. 3, 7:

obscena,

Suet. Calig. 58; id. Dom. 10:

obscena corporis,

Just. 1, 6.— Sing.:

virile,

Ov. F. 6, 631; Lact. 1, 21, 28; id. Epit. 23, 8; Jul. Obsequ. 84.—Hence, also, adv.: obscēnē (acc. to II. B), impurely, indecently, lewdly, obscenely (class.):

latrocinari, fraudare, adulterare, re turpe est, sed dicitur non obscene,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128.— Comp.:

cujus (Mercurii) obscenius excitata natura traditur,

Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 56:

obscenius concurrerent litterae,

id. de Or. 45, 154.— Sup.:

impudicissime et obscenissime vixit,

Eutr. 8, 22.