adverb
impūnē
impūnē (comparative impūnius, superlative impūnissimē)
Meaning
- with impunity, without punishment; safely
impūnē (inp-), adv., v. impunis
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
impūne (inp-) adv. with comp.
impunis, without punishment, unpunished, with impunity: haec facere, T.: facere (iniuriam) impune si possis: iniurias tulisse, inflicted, Cs.: occidi, unavenged: iniuriam accepisse, S.: at non inpune feremus, O.: recitare, without retaliation, Iu.: crederem mihi inpunius Dicere, T.: quo impunius dicax esset: Emicat hic impune putans (sc. se hoc facturum), V.—Safely, unharmed, without danger: impune in otio esse, with safety: alterius ramos Vertere in alterius, unharmed, V.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷey-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷoynéh₂
- Latinimpūnē
Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ)bor. Latin poena Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin impūnis Latin -ē Latin impūnē From impūnis + -ē.