nefastus

Latin

Etymology

From nefās. Confer with nefārius, nefandus, infandus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /neˈfaːs.tus/, [nɛˈfaːs.tʊs]

Adjective

nefāstus (feminine nefāsta, neuter nefāstum); first/second declension

  1. (of a day) on which judgment could not be pronounced or assemblies of the people be held
  2. (figuratively) contrary to the sacred rites or to religion; irreligious, impious; wicked, profane, abandoned; unlucky, inauspicious; hurtful
    • Ille et nefasto te posuit die... — "Whoever planted you that cursed day..." (Horace, Ode II.13)
    • Quid intactum nefasti liquimus? — "What have we, in our impiety, left inviolate?" (Horace, Ode I.33)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative nefāstus nefāsta nefāstum nefāstī nefāstae nefāsta
Genitive nefāstī nefāstae nefāstī nefāstōrum nefāstārum nefāstōrum
Dative nefāstō nefāstae nefāstō nefāstīs nefāstīs nefāstīs
Accusative nefāstum nefāstam nefāstum nefāstōs nefāstās nefāsta
Ablative nefāstō nefāstā nefāstō nefāstīs nefāstīs nefāstīs
Vocative nefāste nefāsta nefāstum nefāstī nefāstae nefāsta

Descendants

References
  • nefastus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nefastus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nefastus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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