adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
impexus
impexus (feminine impexa, neuter impexum)
Meaning
- adjectiveuncombed, unkempt, tangled
[…] Stiriaque impexis induruit horrida barbis,
[…] hoarfrost clings to their uncombed, shaggy beards while the whole sky keeps on sheding snow.c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Vergilius, Georgicon 3.366–367
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | impexus | impexa | impexum |
| genitive | impexī | impexae | impexī |
| dative | impexō | impexae | impexō |
| accusative | impexum | impexam | impexum |
| ablative | impexō | impexā | impexō |
| vocative | impexe | impexa | impexum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | impexī | impexae | impexa |
| genitive | impexōrum | impexārum | impexōrum |
| dative | impexīs | impexīs | impexīs |
| accusative | impexōs | impexās | impexa |
| ablative | impexīs | impexīs | impexīs |
| vocative | impexī | impexae | impexa |
impexus (inp-), a, um, adj. 2. inpexus,
I. uncombed (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.:
stiriaque impexis induruit horrida barbis, Verg. G. 3, 366: caput impexa foedum porrigine, Hor. S. 2, 3, 126: Tisiphoneque impexa feros pro crinibus angues, Tib. 1, 3, 69: tegumen immane leonis Terribili impexum seta, Verg. A. 7, 666.— * II. Trop., = incultus, unpolished, rude:
antiquitas tristis et impexa, Tac. Or. 20.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
impexus (in-p-) adj.,
uncombed: barbae, V.: porrigo, H.—Unpolished: antiquitas, Ta.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinimpexus
Latin pexus Latin impexus From in- + pexus.