vilely

* * *

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.

vīlis, e, adj., of small price or value, purchased at a low rate, cheap (opp. carus).

Lit.:

nec quicquam hic vile nunc est nisi mores mali,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 10:

annona vilior,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 138:

istaec (puella) vero vilis est,

Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 25:

istuc verbum vile est viginti minis,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 139:

ex eis praediis talenta argenti bina Statim capiebat... Ac rebus vilioribus multo talenta bina,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 8:

frumentum quoniam vilius erat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 195: res vilissimae (opp. pretiosissimae), [p. 1991] id. Fin. 2, 28, 91.— Abl. neutr. (sc. pretio), at a small price, at a low rate, cheaply: Ep. Quanti eam emit? Th. Vili, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 49:

vili vendere,

Mart. 12, 66, 10.— Comp.:

quod viliori praedium distraxerit... et si non viliori vendidit, etc.,

Dig. 43, 24, 11, § 8.— Sup.:

res stipulatoris vilissimo distracta est,

Dig. 13, 4, 2 fin. —

Transf.

Of trifling value, cheap, poor, paltry, common, mean, worthless, base, vile (cf. indignus):

si honor noster vobis vilior fuisset,

Cic. Fl. 41, 103:

nihil tam vile neque tam vulgare,

id. Rosc. Am. 26, 71:

Velia non est vilior quam Lupercal,

id. Fam. 7, 20, 1:

hi quorum tibi auctoritas est videlicet cara, vita vilissima,

id. Cat. 1, 8, 19:

fidem fortunas pericula vilia habere,

Sall. C. 16, 2:

nec adeo vilis tibi vita esset nostra, ut, etc.,

Liv. 40, 9:

et genus et virtus nisi cum re vilior alga est,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 8:

inter Perfectos veteresque referri debet an inter Viles et novos?

id. Ep. 2, 1, 38:

vilis Europe,

vile, abandoned, id. C. 3, 27, 57:

tu poscis vilia rerum,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 21:

si, dum me careas, est tibi vile mori,

Ov. H. 7, 48.— Neutr. adverb.:

et vile virentes Hesperidum risit ramos,

i. e. in the ordinary manner, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 37: vile comparati, Schol. Juv. 11, 145.—Prov.:

vile est, quod licet,

Petr. 93.—

With inf.: stat fucare colos nec Sidone vilior, Ancon. Sil. 8, 438. —

Found in great quantities, abundant, common ( poet. and rare):

poma,

Verg. G. 1, 274:

phaselus,

id. ib. 1, 227.—Hence, adv.: vīlĭter.

Lit., cheaply:

venire poteris intestinis vilius,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 28:

vilissime constat,

Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 45:

vilissime constiterit,

Col. 9, 1, 6.—

Transf., meanly, poorly, vilely:

se ipsum colere,

App. Flor. 1, p. 344, 29; Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 97:

vilissime natus,

Eutr. 9, 21.