adjective
nĕfans
Meaning
- impious, heinous
nĕfans, antis, adj. adjectival collat. form of ne-fas,
I. impious, heinous (anteclass.):
nefantia pro nefanda: Lucilius (Satyr. Lib. IV.): Tantalus qui poenas ob facta nefantia pendit, Non. 489, 14 sq.; Varr. Sat. Menip. 83, 4.