"nefastus" meaning in Latin

See nefastus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /neˈfaːs.tus/ [Classical-Latin], [nɛˈfäːs̠t̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /neˈfas.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [neˈfäst̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From nefās. Compare with nefārius, nefandus, infandus. Head templates: {{la-adj|nefāstus}} nefāstus (feminine nefāsta, neuter nefāstum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|nefāstus}} Forms: nefāstus [canonical], nefāsta [feminine], nefāstum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], nefāstus [masculine, nominative, singular], nefāsta [feminine, nominative, singular], nefāstum [neuter, nominative, singular], nefāstī [masculine, nominative, plural], nefāstae [feminine, nominative, plural], nefāsta [neuter, nominative, plural], nefāstī [genitive, masculine, singular], nefāstae [feminine, genitive, singular], nefāstī [genitive, neuter, singular], nefāstōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], nefāstārum [feminine, genitive, plural], nefāstōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], nefāstō [dative, masculine, singular], nefāstae [dative, feminine, singular], nefāstō [dative, neuter, singular], nefāstīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], nefāstum [accusative, masculine, singular], nefāstam [accusative, feminine, singular], nefāstum [accusative, neuter, singular], nefāstōs [accusative, masculine, plural], nefāstās [accusative, feminine, plural], nefāsta [accusative, neuter, plural], nefāstō [ablative, masculine, singular], nefāstā [ablative, feminine, singular], nefāstō [ablative, neuter, singular], nefāstīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], nefāste [masculine, singular, vocative], nefāsta [feminine, singular, vocative], nefāstum [neuter, singular, vocative], nefāstī [masculine, plural, vocative], nefāstae [feminine, plural, vocative], nefāsta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. (of a day) on which judgment could not be pronounced or assemblies of the people be held Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-nefastus-la-adj-mR~a~hHV
  2. (figuratively) contrary to the sacred rites or to religion; irreligious, impious; wicked, profane, abandoned; unlucky, inauspicious; hurtful Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively
    Sense id: en-nefastus-la-adj-WljJHt1Q Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77
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      "ipa": "/neˈfas.tus/",
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    },
    {
      "form": "nefāsta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nefāstus"
      },
      "expansion": "nefāstus (feminine nefāsta, neuter nefāstum); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nefāstus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "on which judgment could not be pronounced or assemblies of the people be held"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "judgment",
          "judgment"
        ],
        [
          "pronounced",
          "pronounced"
        ],
        [
          "assemblies",
          "assemblies"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people"
        ],
        [
          "held",
          "held"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a day) on which judgment could not be pronounced or assemblies of the people be held"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a day"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "\"Whoever planted you that cursed day...\" (Horace, Ode II.13)",
          "text": "Ille et nefasto te posuit die..."
        },
        {
          "english": "\"What have we, in our impiety, left inviolate?\" (Horace, Ode I.35)",
          "text": "Quid intactum nefasti liquimus?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "contrary to the sacred rites or to religion; irreligious, impious; wicked, profane, abandoned; unlucky, inauspicious; hurtful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contrary",
          "contrary"
        ],
        [
          "sacred",
          "sacred"
        ],
        [
          "rites",
          "rites"
        ],
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "irreligious",
          "irreligious"
        ],
        [
          "impious",
          "impious"
        ],
        [
          "wicked",
          "wicked"
        ],
        [
          "profane",
          "profane"
        ],
        [
          "abandoned",
          "abandoned"
        ],
        [
          "unlucky",
          "unlucky"
        ],
        [
          "inauspicious",
          "inauspicious"
        ],
        [
          "hurtful",
          "hurtful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) contrary to the sacred rites or to religion; irreligious, impious; wicked, profane, abandoned; unlucky, inauspicious; hurtful"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈfaːs.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[nɛˈfäːs̠t̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/neˈfas.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[neˈfäst̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nefastus"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: nefastus/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "nefastus"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "nefastus",
  "trace": ""
}

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