infectus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈfek.tus/, [ĩːˈfɛkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈfek.tus/, [iɱˈfɛkt̪us]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *enfaktos. Equivalent to in- (“not”) + factus, perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).

Adjective

īnfectus (feminine īnfecta, neuter īnfectum); first/second-declension adjective

1. not done, undone, unfinished

   Synonyms: imperfectus, incohātus

   Antonyms: complētus, absolūtus, perfectus, factus, dēfūnctus

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.17:

     Nusquam infecta re discederent

     Never withdrew from an unfinished enterprise

2. impossible

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	īnfectus	īnfecta	īnfectum		īnfectī	īnfectae	īnfecta
genitive	īnfectī	īnfectae	īnfectī		īnfectōrum	īnfectārum	īnfectōrum
dative	īnfectō	īnfectae	īnfectō		īnfectīs
accusative	īnfectum	īnfectam	īnfectum		īnfectōs	īnfectās	īnfecta
ablative	īnfectō	īnfectā	īnfectō		īnfectīs
vocative	īnfecte	īnfecta	īnfectum		īnfectī	īnfectae	īnfecta

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of īnficiō (“I dip, I dunk; I dye, I stain; I corrupt, I taint”).

Participle

īnfectus (feminine īnfecta, neuter īnfectum); first/second-declension participle

1. dipped, dunked, submerged.
2. dyed, stained, having been dyed.
3. corrupted, poisoned, tainted, having been tainted.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	īnfectus	īnfecta	īnfectum		īnfectī	īnfectae	īnfecta
genitive	īnfectī	īnfectae	īnfectī		īnfectōrum	īnfectārum	īnfectōrum
dative	īnfectō	īnfectae	īnfectō		īnfectīs
accusative	īnfectum	īnfectam	īnfectum		īnfectōs	īnfectās	īnfecta
ablative	īnfectō	īnfectā	īnfectō		īnfectīs
vocative	īnfecte	īnfecta	īnfectum		īnfectī	īnfectae	īnfecta

Descendants

• Catalan: infecte
• French: infect

Noun

īnfectus m (genitive īnfectūs); fourth declension

1. a dyeing

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	īnfectus	īnfectūs
genitive	īnfectūs	īnfectuum
dative	īnfectuī	īnfectibus
accusative	īnfectum	īnfectūs
ablative	īnfectū	īnfectibus
vocative	īnfectus	īnfectūs

References

• “infectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “infectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• infectus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• infectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to no purpose; ineffectually: infecta re (Liv. 9. 32)