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|lshtext=<b>impūrus</b>: (inp-), a, um, adj. 2. inpurus,<br /><b>I</b> [[unclean]], [[filthy]], [[foul]] (cf.: [[obscenus]], [[spurcus]], [[immundus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[very]] [[rare]]): impurae matris [[prolapsus]] ab alvo, Ov. Ib. 223.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[unclean]] (in a [[moral]] [[sense]]), [[impure]], [[defiled]], [[filthy]], [[infamous]], [[abandoned]], [[vile]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.

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