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nefandus

nefandus, unmentionable, impious, heinous, execrable, abominable

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

nefandus , a, um: adj. (nē and farī), not to be spoken; impious, execrable, accursed, abominable, 5.785; perfidious, 4.497; subst., nefandum, ī, n., wrong, 1.543.

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Nefanda Adjective: feminine nominative singular, Adjective: neuter nominative plural, Adjective: feminine vocative singular, Adjective: neuter vocative plural, Adjective: neuter accusative plural, Adjective: feminine ablative singular of nefandus

See Nefanda in Morpho

nĕfandus, a, um, adj. [ne-fari, lit. not to be mentioned, unmentionable; hence],
  • impious, heinous, execrable, abominable (mostly post-Aug.; syn. infandus): sperate deos memores fandi atque nefandi, i.e. wrong, impiety, Verg. A. 1, 543: nefandum adulterium, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 5, 11, 12 (al. nefarium): nefandum vehiculum, Liv. 1, 59: nefandissima quaeque tyrannicae crudelitatis exercuit, Just. 16, 4, 11: fraus, Juv. 13, 174: sacri, id. 15, 116.—Of persons: homo nefandus, Plin. 28, 1, 2, § 9: nefandi homines, Quint. 1, 3, 17.—Sup.: aususne es, nefandissimum caput? etc., Just. 18, 7, 10.—Hence, adv.: nĕfandē, impiously: multa nefande ausi, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 993 P. (dub: Dietsch. H. 1, 62, nefanda).—Sup.: nefandissime, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 10, 28.

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