infectus

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Italic *enfaktos. Equivalent to in- (“not”) + factus, perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”). Cognate with Umbrian 𐌀𐌀𐌍𐌚𐌄𐌇𐌕𐌀𐌚 (aanfehtaf). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈfɛk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɱˈfɛk.tus] ==== Adjective ==== īnfectus (feminine īnfecta, neuter īnfectum); first/second-declension adjective not done, undone, unfinished Synonyms: imperfectus, incohātus Antonyms: complētus, absolūtus, perfectus, factus, dēfūnctus impossible ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === Etymology 2 === Perfect passive participle of īnficiō (“to dip, dunk; to dye, stain; to corrupt, taint”). ==== Pronunciation ==== īnfectus: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈfɛk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɱˈfɛk.tus] īnfectūs: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈfɛk.tuːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iɱˈfɛk.tus] ==== Participle ==== īnfectus (feminine īnfecta, neuter īnfectum); first/second-declension participle dipped, dunked, submerged. dyed, stained, having been dyed. corrupted, poisoned, tainted, having been tainted. ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Descendants ===== Catalan: infecte French: infect === Etymology 3 === From īnficiō + -tus (forming action nouns). ==== Noun ==== īnfectus m (genitive īnfectūs); fourth declension a dyeing ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ==== Noun ==== īnfectūs inflection of īnfectus: nominative/accusative/vocative plural genitive singular === References === “infectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “infectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "infectus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “infectus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.