nefarius

== Latin == === Etymology === From nefās +‎ -ius with rhotacism. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɛˈfaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [neˈfaː.ri.us] === Adjective === nefārius (feminine nefāria, neuter nefārium); first/second-declension adjective nefarious, execrable, abominable, loathsome ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== nefandus nefāriē nefās nefāstus ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: nefario → English: nefarious → Portuguese: nefário → Spanish: nefario === References === “nefarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nefarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “nefarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.