impio

See also: impío and ímpio

Latin

Alternative forms

• inpiō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *ən-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *pewH-

Proto-Italic *pwījosder.

Latin pius

Latin impius

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin impiō

From impius + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪm.pi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈim.pi.o]

Adjective

impiō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of impius

Verb

impiō (present infinitive impiāre, perfect active impiāvī, supine impiātum); first conjugation

1. (chiefly Old Latin and Late Latin) to pollute, defile
   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.18:

     nox acerba dīrās et trucēs imāginēs obtulit, ut adhūc mē crēdam cruōre hūmānō aspersum atque impiātum.

     the rough night brought me such dreadful and harsh dreams that I still feel splashed and polluted with human blood.

Usage notes

Rarely used in Classical Latin, but encountered in Plautus, the archaizing Apuleius, and Late Latin authors such as Ammianus Marcellinus and Prudentius.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of impiō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	impiō		impiās		impiat		impiāmus		impiātis		impiant
	imperfect	impiābam		impiābās		impiābat		impiābāmus		impiābātis		impiābant
	future	impiābō		impiābis		impiābit		impiābimus		impiābitis		impiābunt
	perfect	impiāvī		impiāvistī		impiāvit		impiāvimus		impiāvistis		impiāvērunt, impiāvēre
	pluperfect	impiāveram		impiāverās		impiāverat		impiāverāmus		impiāverātis		impiāverant
	future perfect	impiāverō		impiāveris		impiāverit		impiāverimus		impiāveritis		impiāverint
passive	present	impior		impiāris, impiāre		impiātur		impiāmur		impiāminī		impiantur
	imperfect	impiābar		impiābāris, impiābāre		impiābātur		impiābāmur		impiābāminī		impiābantur
	future	impiābor		impiāberis, impiābere		impiābitur		impiābimur		impiābiminī		impiābuntur
	perfect	impiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	impiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	impiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	impiem		impiēs		impiet		impiēmus		impiētis		impient
	imperfect	impiārem		impiārēs		impiāret		impiārēmus		impiārētis		impiārent
	perfect	impiāverim		impiāverīs		impiāverit		impiāverīmus		impiāverītis		impiāverint
	pluperfect	impiāvissem		impiāvissēs		impiāvisset		impiāvissēmus		impiāvissētis		impiāvissent
passive	present	impier		impiēris, impiēre		impiētur		impiēmur		impiēminī		impientur
	imperfect	impiārer		impiārēris, impiārēre		impiārētur		impiārēmur		impiārēminī		impiārentur
	perfect	impiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	impiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		impiā		—		—		impiāte		—
	future	—		impiātō		impiātō		—		impiātōte		impiantō
passive	present	—		impiāre		—		—		impiāminī		—
	future	—		impiātor		impiātor		—		—		impiantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		impiāre			impiārī			impiāns			—
future		impiātūrum esse			impiātum īrī			impiātūrus			impiandus
perfect		impiāvisse			impiātum esse			—			impiātus
future perfect		—			impiātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		impiātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		impiandī		impiandō		impiandum		impiandō		impiātum		impiātū

References

• “impio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• impio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology

From im- +‎ pio (“compassionate”). Piecewise doublet of ímpio.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpi.u/, /ĩˈpiw/ [ĩˈpiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpi.u/

• Hyphenation: im‧pi‧o

Adjective

impio (feminine impia, masculine plural impios, feminine plural impias)

1. cruel, inhuman, barbaric

   Antonyms: pio, piedoso, compassivo

Related terms

• impiedade