incestus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪŋˈkɛs.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛs.tus] === Etymology 1 === From in- +‎ castus (“pure, chaste, unpolluted”). ==== Adjective ==== incestus (feminine incesta, neuter incestum); first/second-declension adjective unclean, impure, polluted, defiled, sinful, unrighteous, criminal unchaste, lewd, incestuous, lustful ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Synonyms ===== (impure): adulter, adulterīnus, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, impūrus, profānus ===== Antonyms ===== (antonym(s) of “impure”): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus ===== Derived terms ===== incestē incestō incestum === Etymology 2 === From in- +‎ castus. ==== Noun ==== incestus m (genitive incestūs); fourth declension unchastity, sexual impurity, incest ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== → Belarusian: інцэ́ст (incést) → Dutch: incest → English: incest → Esperanto: incesto → French: inceste (learned)→ Romanian: incest → Italian: incesto (learned) → Macedonian: инцест (incest) → Portuguese: incesto (learned) → Russian: инцест (incest) → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ѝнцест Latin: ìncest → Spanish: incesto (learned) === References === “incestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “incestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “incestus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.