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impŭdīcus (inp- ), a, um, adj. 2. inpudicus.
I. Shameless, impudent ( = impudens; “very rare): o facinus impudicum!Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; cf. “1, 2, 27: crura defringentur, ni istum inpudicum percies,id. As. 2, 4, 69.—
II. Unchaste, immodest, lewd (the predom. signif. of the word): Pa. Quod id est facinus? Sc. Inpudicum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 11: “quam tu inpudicam esse arbitrere,id. Am. 3, 2, 24: “me inpudicam facere,” i. e. to rob of chastity, id. ib. 2, 2, 202: “omnes adulteri, omnes impuri impudicique,Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23: “intolerabile est servire impuro, impudico, effeminato,id. Phil. 3, 5, 12: “et consul et impudicissimus,id. ib. 2, 28, 70: “mulieres,id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; cf.: “osculando impudicior,Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 51.—
B. Transf.: “digitus,” i. e. the middle finger, Mart. 6, 70, 5: “si fur veneris, impudicus ibis,violated, Auct. Priap. 60: “odor impudicus urcei,disgusting, filthy, Mart. 12, 32, 16. —Adv.: impŭdīcē , unchastely, Tert. Idol. 2: “impudicissime et obscenissime vixit,Eutr. 8, 22.
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    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 2.10.23
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 2.5.10
    • Cicero, Philippics, 3.5.12
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.1
    • Plautus, Rudens, 2.3
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 3.2
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 2.4
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.3
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