adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
īnfandus
īnfandus (feminine īnfanda, neuter īnfandum)
Classical[ĩːˈfan.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[iɱˈfan.dus]
Meaning
- adjectiveunspeakable, unutterable, unnatural, shocking, abominable
Infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem, Trojanas ut opes et lamentabile regnum eruerint Danai...
You order me, Queen, to renew unspeakable pain, how the Danaans cast out the Trojan possessions and lamentable rule...29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.3
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quod fārī nefās estīnfandus -a -um — in Aeneis, ch. 5
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnfandus | īnfanda | īnfandum |
| genitive | īnfandī | īnfandae | īnfandī |
| dative | īnfandō | īnfandae | īnfandō |
| accusative | īnfandum | īnfandam | īnfandum |
| ablative | īnfandō | īnfandā | īnfandō |
| vocative | īnfande | īnfanda | īnfandum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnfandī | īnfandae | īnfanda |
| genitive | īnfandōrum | īnfandārum | īnfandōrum |
| dative | īnfandīs | īnfandīs | īnfandīs |
| accusative | īnfandōs | īnfandās | īnfanda |
| ablative | īnfandīs | īnfandīs | īnfandīs |
| vocative | īnfandī | īnfandae | īnfanda |
in-fandus, a, um, adj.,
I. unspeakable, unutterable, unheard of, unnatural, shocking, abominable (class.):
res crudelis, infanda, Cic. de Or. 2, 79, 322: impurum atque infandum corpus, id. Sest. 55, 117: epulae, i. e. of human flesh, Liv. 23, 5 fin.: dolor, Verg. A. 2, 3: amor, id. ib. 4, 85: labores, id. ib. 1, 597: bellum, id. ib. 7, 583: mors, id. ib. 10, 673: dies, id. ib. 2, 132: Cyclopes, id. ib. 3, 644: stuprum, Liv. 1, 59, 8: caedes, id. 4, 32, 12; 29, 8, 8; Plin. 28, 7, 23, § 77.— In the neutr. plur. absol.: infanda furens, Verg. A. 8, 489: jam fero infandissima, Varus ap. Quint. 3, 8, 45.—In the neutr. as exclamation: navibus, infandum! amissis, oh, woe unutterable, Verg. A. 1, 251; so, infandum! sistunt amnes, id. G. 1, 479.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īn-fandus adj.,
unspeakable, unutterable, unheard of, unnatural, shocking, abominable: facinus, T.: res: epulae, i. e. of human flesh, L.: amor, V.: bellum, V.: stuprum, L.—Plur n. as subst: infanda furens, V.—Sing n. as exclamation: navibus, infandum! amissis, oh, woe unutterable, V.
Origins
From in- + fandus. See also nefandus.
Descendants
- Italianinfando
- Englishinfandous
- Portugueseinfando
- Spanishinfando