impio

See also: impío and ímpio

Latin

Adjective

impiō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of impius

Verb

impiō (present infinitive impiāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. (chiefly Old Latin and Late Latin) to pollute, defile
   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.18:

     nox acerba dīrās et trucēs imāginēs obtulit, ut adhūc mē crēdam cruōre hūmānō aspersum atque impiātum.

     the rough night brought me such dreadful and harsh dreams that I still feel splashed and polluted with human blood.

Usage notes

Rarely used in Classical Latin, but encountered in Plautus, the archaizing Apuleius, and Late Latin authors such as Ammianus Marcellinus and Prudentius.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of impiō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impiō	impiās	impiat	impiāmus	impiātis	impiant
	imperfect	impiābam	impiābās	impiābat	impiābāmus	impiābātis	impiābant
	future	impiābō	impiābis	impiābit	impiābimus	impiābitis	impiābunt
	perfect	impiāvī	impiāvistī	impiāvit	impiāvimus	impiāvistis	impiāvērunt, impiāvēre
	pluperfect	impiāveram	impiāverās	impiāverat	impiāverāmus	impiāverātis	impiāverant
	future perfect	impiāverō	impiāveris	impiāverit	impiāverimus	impiāveritis	impiāverint
passive	present	impior	impiāris, impiāre	impiātur	impiāmur	impiāminī	impiantur
	imperfect	impiābar	impiābāris, impiābāre	impiābātur	impiābāmur	impiābāminī	impiābantur
	future	impiābor	impiāberis, impiābere	impiābitur	impiābimur	impiābiminī	impiābuntur
	perfect	impiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	impiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	impiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	impiem	impiēs	impiet	impiēmus	impiētis	impient
imperfect	impiārem	impiārēs	impiāret	impiārēmus	impiārētis	impiārent
perfect	impiāverim	impiāverīs	impiāverit	impiāverīmus	impiāverītis	impiāverint
pluperfect	impiāvissem	impiāvissēs	impiāvisset	impiāvissēmus	impiāvissētis	impiāvissent
passive	present	impier	impiēris, impiēre	impiētur	impiēmur	impiēminī	impientur
imperfect	impiārer	impiārēris, impiārēre	impiārētur	impiārēmur	impiārēminī	impiārentur
perfect	impiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	impiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	impiā	—	—	impiāte	—
	future	—	impiātō	impiātō	—	impiātōte	impiantō
passive	present	—	impiāre	—	—	impiāminī	—
	future	—	impiātor	impiātor	—	—	impiantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		impiāre	impiāvisse	impiātūrum esse	impiārī	impiātum esse	impiātum īrī
participles		impiāns	—	impiātūrus	—	impiātus	impiandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		impiandī	impiandō	impiandum	impiandō	impiātum	impiātū

References

• “impio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• impio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• impio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology

From im- +‎ pio (“compassionate”). Piecewise doublet of ímpio.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpi.u/, /ĩˈpiw/ [ĩˈpiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpi.u/

• Hyphenation: im‧pi‧o

Adjective

impio (feminine impia, masculine plural impios, feminine plural impias)

1. cruel, inhuman, barbaric

   Antonyms: pio, piedoso, compassivo

Related terms

• impiedade