LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

impūrus

impūrus (feminine impūra, neuter impūrum, comparative impūrior, superlative impūrissimus, adverb impūrē)
Classical[ɪmˈpuː.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[imˈpuː.rus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveunclean, filthy, foul, dirty
  2. adjectivefigurativelyimpure, defiled, filthy, infamous, vile

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeimpūrusimpūra
inpūra		impūrum
inpūrum
genitiveimpūrī
inpūrī		impūrae
inpūrae		impūrī
inpūrī
dativeimpūrō
inpūrō		impūrae
inpūrae		impūrō
inpūrō
accusativeimpūrum
inpūrum		impūram
inpūram		impūrum
inpūrum
ablativeimpūrō
inpūrō		impūrā
inpūrā		impūrō
inpūrō
vocativeimpūre
inpūre		impūra
inpūra		impūrum
inpūrum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeimpūrī
inpūrī		impūrae
inpūrae		impūra
inpūra
genitiveimpūrōrum
inpūrōrum		impūrārum
inpūrārum		impūrōrum
inpūrōrum
dativeimpūrīs
inpūrīs		impūrīs
inpūrīs		impūrīs
inpūrīs
accusativeimpūrōs
inpūrōs		impūrās
inpūrās		impūra
inpūra
ablativeimpūrīs
inpūrīs		impūrīs
inpūrīs		impūrīs
inpūrīs
vocativeimpūrī
inpūrī		impūrae
inpūrae		impūra
inpūra

impūrus (inp-), a, um, adj. 2. inpurus,
I. unclean, filthy, foul (cf.: obscenus, spurcus, immundus).
I. Lit. (very rare): impurae matris prolapsus ab alvo, Ov. Ib. 223.—
II. Trop., unclean (in a moral sense), impure, defiled, filthy, infamous, abandoned, vile.
A. 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.—
B. 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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinimpūrus

Latin pūrus Latin impūrus From in- + pūrus (“pure; chaste”).

Descendants
  • Catalanimpur
  • Englishimpure
  • Frenchimpur
  • Italianimpuro
  • Portugueseimpuro
  • Spanishimpuro

Quick answers

What does impūrus mean in Latin?
impūrus, a adjective, means “unclean, filthy, foul, dirty; impure, defiled, filthy, infamous, vile”.
How do you pronounce impūrus?
In classical Latin, [ɪmˈpuː.rʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [imˈpuː.rus].
Where does impūrus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin impūrus.