incestus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋˈkɛs.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛs.t̪us]
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.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | incestus | incesta | incestum | incestī | incestae | incesta | |
| genitive | incestī | incestae | incestī | incestōrum | incestārum | incestōrum | |
| dative | incestō | incestae | 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, profānus
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “impure”): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
incestus m (genitive incestūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | incestus | incestūs |
| genitive | incestūs | incestuum |
| dative | incestuī | incestibus |
| accusative | incestum | incestūs |
| ablative | incestū | incestibus |
| vocative | incestus | incestūs |
Descendants
- → Belarusian: інцэ́ст (incést)
- → Dutch: incest
- → English: incest
- → Esperanto: incesto
- → French: inceste (learned)
- → Romanian: incest
- → Italian: incesto (learned)
- → Macedonian: инцест (incest)
- → Portuguese: incesto (learned)
- → Russian: инцест (incest)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: incesto (learned)
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.