impĭĕtas (inp-), ātis, f. [impius],
want of reverence or respect , irreverence , ungodliness , impiety , undutifulness , disloyalty (rare but class.): nihil est quod tam miseros faciat quam impietas et scelus, Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 66; Ov. M. 4, 4: impietatis duces, of disloyalty , treason to one’s country , Cic. Lael. 12, 42: impietatem punire voluit (legum lator), i. e. undutifulness to parents , Quint. 7, 1, 52; Suet. Vit. Luc.; cf. Ov. M. 8, 477: Albucilla defertur impietatis in principem, of high-treason , Tac. A. 6, 47; Plin. Pan. 33, 3.