adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
īnfaustus
īnfaustus (feminine īnfausta, neuter īnfaustum)
Classical[ĩːˈfau̯s.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[iɱˈfau̯s.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiveunfavorable, unfortunate, unpropitious, luckless, ill-fated, inauspicious, unlucky
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnfaustus | īnfausta | īnfaustum |
| genitive | īnfaustī | īnfaustae | īnfaustī |
| dative | īnfaustō | īnfaustae | īnfaustō |
| accusative | īnfaustum | īnfaustam | īnfaustum |
| ablative | īnfaustō | īnfaustā | īnfaustō |
| vocative | īnfauste | īnfausta | īnfaustum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnfaustī | īnfaustae | īnfausta |
| genitive | īnfaustōrum | īnfaustārum | īnfaustōrum |
| dative | īnfaustīs | īnfaustīs | īnfaustīs |
| accusative | īnfaustōs | īnfaustās | īnfausta |
| ablative | īnfaustīs | īnfaustīs | īnfaustīs |
| vocative | īnfaustī | īnfaustae | īnfausta |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- omen infaustum, triste
- an evil omen; presage of ill.
in-faustus, a, um, adj.,
I. unfortunate, unpropitious (poet. and post-Aug.):
infaustas exurite puppes, Verg. A. 5, 635: nomen, id. ib. 7, 717: auspicium, id. ib. 11, 347: gradus, Ov. M. 3, 36: dies, Tac. H. 2, 91: castra, id. A. 1, 30.—Neutr. subst.: in-faustum, i, n., a misfortune: infausto Atheniensium, Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 169.—Adv.: infaustē, unfortunately (late Lat.), Cassiod. An. 12.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īn-faustus adj.,
of ill omen, unfortunate, unpropitious: puppes, V.: gradus, O.: dies, Ta.— Of persons, unfortunate: bellis, Ta.
Origins
From in (“without, not”) + faustus (“favorable, fortunate”).
Descendants
- Englishinfaust
- Italianinfausto
- Spanishinfausto
In English words that came into English from īnfaustus
- infaustīnfaustus