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impūrus (inp- ), a, um, adj. 2. inpurus,
I.unclean, filthy, foul (cf.: obscenus, spurcus, immundus).
I. Lit. (very rare): “impurae matris prolapsus ab alvo,Ov. Ib. 223.—
II. Trop., unclean (in a moral sense), impure, defiled, filthy, infamous, abandoned, vile.
A. 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.—
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 9.12.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 9.15
    • Cicero, Philippics, 3.6.15
    • Cicero, For Quintus Roscius the Actor, 7.20
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 2.10.23
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.21.50
    • Plautus, Rudens, 3.2
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.5
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 3.11
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 16
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.29
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 2.80
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 87
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 15
    • Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum, 2.20
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