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“unpunished” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

unpunished
impunitus (not punished): incastigatus (not chastised): inultus (not revenged). (The words are found in this connection and order.) inultus impunitusque. To go unpunished, impune esse: non puniri: inultum discedere (e.g., injuria, Cic.): sic abire (of offences). For “to escape unpunished,” and other phrases, Vid: “to escape (etc.) with IMPUNITY. “

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What is the Latin word for unpunished?
The usual Latin words for “unpunished” are impūnītus, incastīgātus, inultus; also iniūria, phrasis. 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.