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Latin
Etymology
From ne (“not”) + fās (“divine law”).
Pronunciation
Noun
nefās n sg (indeclinable, no genitive)
- wrong; (moral) offense; wicked act; misdeed or misdoing
- forbidden deed or act
Declension
Not declined; used only in the nominative and accusative singular, singular only.
Derived terms
Descendants
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.