infectus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *enfaktos. Equivalent to in- (“not”) + factus, perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).

Adjective

īnfectus (feminine īnfecta, neuter īnfectum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. not done, undone, unfinished
    Synonyms: imperfectus, incohātus
    Antonyms: complētus, absolūtus, perfectus, factus, dēfūnctus
  2. impossible
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative īnfectus īnfecta īnfectum īnfectī īnfectae īnfecta
genitive īnfectī īnfectae īnfectī īnfectōrum īnfectārum īnfectōrum
dative īnfectō īnfectae īnfectō īnfectīs
accusative īnfectum īnfectam īnfectum īnfectōs īnfectās īnfecta
ablative īnfectō īnfectā īnfectō īnfectīs
vocative īnfecte īnfecta īnfectum īnfectī īnfectae īnfecta

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of īnficiō (“I dip, I dunk; I dye, I stain; I corrupt, I taint”).

Participle

īnfectus (feminine īnfecta, neuter īnfectum); first/second-declension participle

  1. dipped, dunked, submerged.
  2. dyed, stained, having been dyed.
  3. corrupted, poisoned, tainted, having been tainted.
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative īnfectus īnfecta īnfectum īnfectī īnfectae īnfecta
genitive īnfectī īnfectae īnfectī īnfectōrum īnfectārum īnfectōrum
dative īnfectō īnfectae īnfectō īnfectīs
accusative īnfectum īnfectam īnfectum īnfectōs īnfectās īnfecta
ablative īnfectō īnfectā īnfectō īnfectīs
vocative īnfecte īnfecta īnfectum īnfectī īnfectae īnfecta
Descendants
  • Catalan: infecte
  • French: infect

Noun

īnfectus m (genitive īnfectūs); fourth declension

  1. a dyeing
Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative īnfectus īnfectūs
genitive īnfectūs īnfectuum
dative īnfectuī īnfectibus
accusative īnfectum īnfectūs
ablative īnfectū īnfectibus
vocative īnfectus īnfectūs

References

  • “infectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “infectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infectus 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)
  • infectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to no purpose; ineffectually: infecta re (Liv. 9. 32)
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