nefas

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ne (“not”) +‎ fās (“divine law”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nefās n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)

  1. wrong; (moral) offense; wicked act; misdeed or misdoing
  2. forbidden deed or act

Declension

Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular, singular only.

singular
nominative nefās
genitive —
dative —
accusative nefās
ablative —
vocative —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: nefas
  • Spanish: nefas

References

  • “nefas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nefas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nefas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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