incestus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /inˈkes.tus/, [ɪŋˈkɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈt͡ʃes.tus/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛst̪us]
Etymology 1
From in- + castus (“pure, chaste, unpolluted”).
Adjective
incestus (feminine incesta, neuter incestum); first/second-declension adjective
- unclean, impure, polluted, defiled, sinful, unrighteous, criminal
- unchaste, lewd, incestuous, lustful
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | incestus | incesta | incestum | incestī | incestae | incesta | |
Genitive | incestī | incestae | incestī | incestōrum | incestārum | incestōrum | |
Dative | incestō | incestō | incestīs | ||||
Accusative | incestum | incestam | incestum | incestōs | incestās | incesta | |
Ablative | incestō | incestā | incestō | incestīs | |||
Vocative | inceste | incesta | incestum | incestī | incestae | incesta |
Synonyms
- (impure): adulter, adulterīnus, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, impūrus
Antonyms
- (impure): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
incestus m (genitive incestūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | incestus | incestūs |
Genitive | incestūs | incestuum |
Dative | incestuī | incestibus |
Accusative | incestum | incestūs |
Ablative | incestū | incestibus |
Vocative | incestus | incestūs |
Descendants
- Russian: инцест (incest)
References
- “incestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “incestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- incestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.