adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
incestus1
incestus (feminine incesta, neuter incestum)
Classical[ɪŋˈkɛs.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛs.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiveunclean, impure, polluted, defiled, sinful, unrighteous, criminal
- adjectiveunchaste, lewd, incestuous, lustful
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | incestus | incesta | incestum |
| genitive | incestī | incestae | incestī |
| dative | incestō | incestae | incestō |
| accusative | incestum | incestam | incestum |
| ablative | incestō | incestā | incestō |
| vocative | inceste | incesta | incestum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | incestī | incestae | incesta |
| genitive | incestōrum | incestārum | incestōrum |
| dative | incestīs | incestīs | incestīs |
| accusative | incestōs | incestās | incesta |
| ablative | incestīs | incestīs | incestīs |
| vocative | incestī | incestae | incesta |
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
incestus, a, um, adj. 2. in-castus,
I. unclean (in a moral and religious sense), impure, polluted, defiled, sinful, criminal (as an adj. mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. In gen.:
cum verborum contumeliis optimum virum incesto ore lacerasset, Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5: saepe Diespiter Neglectus incesto addidit integrum, punished the good with the bad, Hor. C. 3, 2, 30: catervae Incestarum avium, that feed on corpses, Stat. Th. 9, 27: profana illic omnia, quae apud nos sacra: rursum concessa apud illos, quae apud nos incesta, Tac. H. 5, 4: an triste bidental Moverit incestus, impious, Hor. A. P. 472. — II. In partic., unchaste, lewd, incestuous.
A. Adj.:
Ilion Fatalis incestusque judex ... vertit In pulverem, i. e. Paris, Hor. C. 3, 3, 19; called also: praedo, Stat. Ach. 1, 45: princeps, Plin. Pan. 52, 3: amores, Hor. C. 3, 6, 23; Tac. A. 12, 4: nuptiae, id. ib. 11, 25 fin.; cf. conjugia, Suet. Claud. 26: noctes, Plin. Pan. 63, 7: voces, Ov. Tr. 2, 503: pellicere aliquem incesto sermone, Liv. 8, 28, 3: incestus manus intra terminos sacratos inferre, id. 45, 5, 7: corruptor et idem incestus, Juv. 4, 9. — Hence, B. Substt.
1. incestum, i, n., unchastity, lewdness; esp. as a violation of religious laws, incest (class.):
incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22: concubuit cum viro ... fecit igitur incestum, id. Inv. 1, 40, 73. committere, Quint. 4, 2, 88; Dig. 23, 2, 39: ex incesto, quod Augustus cum Julia filia admisisset, Suet. Calig. 23; cf.: incesti cum sorore reus, id. Ner. 5: cum filia commissum, Quint. 5, 10, 19: incesto liberatus, Cic. Pis. 39, 95: incesti damnata, Quint. 7, 8, 3: ab incesto id ei loco nomen factum, Liv. 8, 15, 8: incesti poena ... in viro in insulam deportatio est, Paul. Sent. 2, 26, 15. — In plur.: stupra ... et adulteria, incesta denique, Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 75: super sororum incesta, Suet. Calig. 36: Vestalium virginum, id. Dom. 8.—2. incesta, ae, f., an incestuous woman, paramour:
hunc (adamanta) dedit olim barbarus incestae, Juv. 6, 158.— Adv.: incestē (incastē, Sen. Contr. 2, 13). A. In gen., impurely, sinfully, Lucr. 1, 98:
facere sacrificium Dianae, Liv. 1, 45, 6.—B. In partic., unchastely:
ideo aquam adduxi, ut ea tu inceste uterere? Cic. Cael. 14, 34: libidinatum, Suet. Ner. 28: agit incestius res suas, Arn. 5, 170.Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinincestus
Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-der.? Proto-Italic *kastos Latin castus Latin incestus From in- + castus (“pure, chaste, unpolluted”).