inmundus

immundus ( inm- ), a, um, adj. [inmundus], unclean, impure, dirty, filthy, foul (syn.: spurcus, obscenus, impurus).

I.

Lit. (class.): humus erat immunda, lutulenta vino, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66:

homo,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 24; id. Cist. 1, 1, 115; Lucr. 4, 1160; Hor. S. 1, 6, 124:

canis,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 26:

Harpyiae contactu immundo omnia foedant,

Verg. A. 3, 228:

sues,

id. G. 1, 400:

popinae,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 62:

ager,

run wild, overgrown, Pall. 2, 10:

pauperies domūs,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 199.— Absol.: im-mundae, ārum, f., unclean women, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 2.— Comp.:

superne deciduo immundiore lapsu aliquo polluta,

Plin. 14, 19, 23, § 119:

nilo mundius hoc, niloque immundior ille,

Cat. 97, 3; Sen. Q. N. 9, 4, 2.— Sup.:

liquet illos immundissimos fuisse,

Sen. Ep. 86, 11; Plin. Ep. 10, 98, 1.—

* II.

Trop.:

aut immunda crepent ignominiosaque dicta,

Hor. A. P. 247.— Adv.: immundē, impurely, uncleanly: foedare templa, Jul. Obseq. Prod. 115.