impurus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === inpūrus === Etymology === From in- +‎ pūrus (“pure; chaste”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪmˈpuː.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [imˈpuː.rus] === Adjective === impūrus (feminine impūra, neuter impūrum, comparative impūrior, superlative impūrissimus, adverb impūrē); first/second-declension adjective unclean, filthy, foul, dirty (figuratively, in a moral sense) impure, defiled, filthy, infamous, vile ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (impure): adulter, adulterīnus, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, incestus, profānus ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “impure”): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus, pūtus, absolutus ==== Derived terms ==== impūrātus impūrē impūritās impūritia ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: impur English: impure French: impur Italian: impuro Portuguese: impuro Spanish: impuro === References === “impurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “impurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “impurus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.