impurus

impūrus ( inp- ), a, um, adj. [2. inpurus], 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.