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impudicus

impudicus · adj

Shameless

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 48 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

impŭdīcus — Lewis & Short

impŭdīcus (inp-), a, um, adj.2. inpudicus.

I Shameless, impudent ( = impudens; very rare): o facinus impudicum! Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 62; cf. 1, 2, 27: crura defringentur, ni istum inpudicum percies, id. As. 2, 4, 69.—
II Unchaste, immodest, lewd (the predom. signif. of the word): Pa. Quod id est facinus? Sc. Inpudicum, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 11: quam tu inpudicam esse arbitrere, id. Am. 3, 2, 24: me inpudicam facere, i. e. to rob of chastity, id. ib. 2, 2, 202: omnes adulteri, omnes impuri impudicique, Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23: intolerabile est servire impuro, impudico, effeminato, id. Phil. 3, 5, 12: et consul et impudicissimus, id. ib. 2, 28, 70: mulieres, id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; cf.: osculando impudicior, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 51.—
B Transf.: digitus, i. e. the middle finger, Mart. 6, 70, 5: si fur veneris, impudicus ibis, violated, Auct. Priap. 60: odor impudicus urcei, disgusting, filthy, Mart. 12, 32, 16. —Adv.: impŭdīcē, unchastely, Tert. Idol. 2: impudicissime et obscenissime vixit, Eutr. 8, 22.

In the wild

6 of 106 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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