incestus

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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈkes.tus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃes.tus/,

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.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
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

From in- +‎ castus.

Noun

incestus m (genitive incestūs); fourth declension

unchastity, sexual impurity, incest

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	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:
- Cyrillic: ѝнцест
- Latin: ìncest
→ 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.

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