English → Latin
“impiety” in Latin
impietāsirreverence, ungodliness, impietydeusgod, deity; the ancient Roman “Dī Penātēs,” personal or family gods of hearth and home, embodied as small statues or iconefāswrong; (moral) offense; wicked act; misdeed or misdoing; forbidden deed or actscelusan evil deed; a wicked, heinous, or impious action; wickedness, villainy; criminal, villain, felon, scoundrel, rascal, rnefāriusnefarious, execrable, abominable, loathsome
The English word impiety itself goes back to Latin pius, through impietas.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
impiety
impietas (want of reverence and love for God, etc; also for one’s country, parents, etc.): Dei (or, according to Roman notions, deūm) negligentia: divini cultūs negligentia (neglect of God and religious worship). An impiety, nefas: scelus: res scelesta or nefaria.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for impiety?
- The usual Latin words for “impiety” are impietās, deus, nefās; also scelus, nefārius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.