Meaning of impius | Babel Free

Definitions

1. disloyal, undutiful
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2
2. godless, impious, unpatriotic
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2
3. damned, accursed
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2
4. wicked
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2

Equivalents

Examples

““… et arma virī thalamō quae fīxa relīquit impius, exuviāsque omnīs, lectumque iugālem”

“And the man’s weapons that he left hanging in our bedchamber — [so] disloyal! — and all his clothes, and the bridal bed on which I was ruined: pile [everything] on top [of the pyre].” (Dido alludes with disdain to the epic’s recurrent epithet for its hero — e.g.: “Sum pius Aeneas,” 1.378 — now that this so-called dutiful man has abandoned her.)

“leō rugiēns et ursus ēsuriēns prīnceps impius super populum pauperem”

As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people. (trans.: Douay-Rheims Bible)

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