nefastus
Latin
Etymology
From nefās. Confer with nefārius, nefandus, infandus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /neˈfaːs.tus/, [nɛˈfäːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /neˈfas.tus/, [neˈfäst̪us]
Adjective
nefāstus (feminine nefāsta, neuter nefāstum); first/second-declension adjective
- (of a day) on which judgment could not be pronounced or assemblies of the people be held
- (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.35)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| accusative | nefāstum | nefāstam | nefāstum | nefāstōs | nefāstās | nefāsta | |
| ablative | nefāstō | nefāstā | nefāstō | nefāstīs | |||
| vocative | nefāste | nefāsta | nefāstum | nefāstī | nefāstae | nefāsta | |
Descendants
- English: nefast
- French: néfaste
- → Dutch: nefast
- Italian: nefasto
- Portuguese: nefasto
- Spanish: nefasto
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.