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immundus (inm- ), a, um, adj. inmundus,
I.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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 9.10.2
    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 1.1
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 1.2
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.228
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.400
    • Horace, Satires, 1.6.124
    • Horace, Satires, 2.4.62
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 247
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.1160
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 3.66
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 86.11
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