impie Latin · revision 33878

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *puH-io-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''impiē''' (adverb)^(OLD 2012)

+ It is also spelled ''inpiē''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|impius|-ē|t1=undutiful, irreverent]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010) [[m|la|impius]] is the negative of [[m|la|pius|t=dutiful]], which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*puH-io-|t=purifying]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means in a way that shows ''impietās'', without regard for duty to the gods, the state or one's family: impiously, wickedly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler finds it used on into Medieval Latin, in Alcuin, Hrabanus Maurus and charters.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|impiously|alt=Impiously]], undutifully, [[m|en|wickedly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[impius]]

+ * [[impietās]]

+ * [[piē]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}