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Meaning of impius | Babel Free

Adjective feminine CEFR B1
[ˈɪm.pi.ʊs]

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية حرام ملحد
Български безбожен нечестив
Català irreverent
Esperanto malpia
Español impío irreverente
Galego irreverente
हिन्दी काफ़िर
Bahasa Indonesia durhaka keparat keparat
Lietuvių bedieviškas
Português ímpio irreverente
Tagalog lapastangan
Українська безбожний клятий
Tiếng Việt vô thần

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)

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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