impius

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Latin

Etymology

in- +‎ pius

Pronunciation

Adjective

impius (feminine impia, neuter impium, superlative impiissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. disloyal, undutiful
  2. godless, impious, unpatriotic
  3. damned, accursed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative impius impia impium impiī impiae impia
Genitive impiī impiae impiī impiōrum impiārum impiōrum
Dative impiō impiō impiīs
Accusative impium impiam impium impiōs impiās impia
Ablative impiō impiā impiō impiīs
Vocative impie impia impium impiī impiae impia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: impious
  • French: impie
  • Italian: empio
  • Portuguese: ímpio
  • Spanish: impío

References

  • impius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • impius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • impius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.