infaustus

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Latin

Etymology

From in (without, not) + faustus (favorable, fortunate).

Pronunciation

Adjective

īnfaustus (feminine īnfausta, neuter īnfaustum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. unfavorable, unfortunate, unpropitious, luckless, ill-fated, inauspicious, unlucky

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative īnfaustus īnfausta īnfaustum īnfaustī īnfaustae īnfausta
Genitive īnfaustī īnfaustae īnfaustī īnfaustōrum īnfaustārum īnfaustōrum
Dative īnfaustō īnfaustō īnfaustīs
Accusative īnfaustum īnfaustam īnfaustum īnfaustōs īnfaustās īnfausta
Ablative īnfaustō īnfaustā īnfaustō īnfaustīs
Vocative īnfauste īnfausta īnfaustum īnfaustī īnfaustae īnfausta

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of unfavorable, unfortunate): faustus

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: infaust
  • Italian: infausto
  • Spanish: infausto

References

  • infaustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • infaustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infaustus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • infaustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • an evil omen; presage of ill: omen infaustum, triste