"nefas" meaning in Latin

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Noun

  1. Sacrilège, interdit, impiété, forfait, crime, tabou.
    Sense id: fr-nefas-la-noun-muF8dDMc Categories (other): Exemples en latin, Lexique en latin de la religion Topics: religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nĕfārĭē, nĕfarĭum, nĕfārĭus, nĕfastum, nĕfastus
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    "Motdérivé de fas (« dire »), avec le préfixe ne- (« non »). Littéralement \"ce qu'on ne dit pas\", il désigne le crime indicible, qui ose inverser l'ordre du monde."
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      "translation": "d’une manière abominable, d'une manière criminelle, d'une manière impie",
      "word": "nĕfārĭē"
    },
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      "translation": "crime abominable",
      "word": "nĕfarĭum"
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      "translation": "impie, abominable, criminel",
      "word": "nĕfārĭus"
    },
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      "translation": "crime, impiété",
      "word": "nĕfastum"
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      "translation": "néfaste, défendu par la loi divine), pervers, funeste, maudit",
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          "text": "nefas est",
          "translation": "c’est défendu, c'est sacrilège."
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          "text": "nefas alicui… + infinitif",
          "translation": "c’est un crime pour quelqu'un de…"
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          "text": "nefas est dictu",
          "translation": "il n'est pas permis de dire."
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          "text": "nefas!",
          "translation": "ô honte ! horreur !"
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          "ref": "Live",
          "text": "per omne fas ac nefas",
          "translation": "par tous les moyens (bons et mauvais)."
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              8,
              13
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          ],
          "ref": "Ovide",
          "text": "in omne nefas se parare",
          "translation": "être prêt à tous les crimes."
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      "translation": "d’une manière abominable, d'une manière criminelle, d'une manière impie",
      "word": "nĕfārĭē"
    },
    {
      "translation": "crime abominable",
      "word": "nĕfarĭum"
    },
    {
      "translation": "impie, abominable, criminel",
      "word": "nĕfārĭus"
    },
    {
      "translation": "crime, impiété",
      "word": "nĕfastum"
    },
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      "translation": "néfaste, défendu par la loi divine), pervers, funeste, maudit",
      "word": "nĕfastus"
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          "text": "nefas est",
          "translation": "c’est défendu, c'est sacrilège."
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        {
          "text": "nefas alicui… + infinitif",
          "translation": "c’est un crime pour quelqu'un de…"
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          "text": "nefas est dictu",
          "translation": "il n'est pas permis de dire."
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          "text": "nefas!",
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          "ref": "Live",
          "text": "per omne fas ac nefas",
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              8,
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  "word": "nefas"
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