incestus

Latin

Etymology 1

From in- (“without, not”) + castus (“pure, chaste, unpolluted”).

Adjective

incestus m (feminine incesta, neuter incestum); first/second declension

1. unclean, impure, polluted, defiled, sinful, unrighteous, criminal
2. unchaste, lewd, incestuous, lustful

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	incestus	incesta	incestum		incestī	incestae	incesta
genitive	incestī	incestae	incestī		incestōrum	incestārum	incestōrum
dative	incestō	incestae	incestō		incestīs	incestīs	incestīs
accusative	incestum	incestam	incestum		incestōs	incestās	incesta
ablative	incestō	incestā	incestō		incestīs	incestīs	incestīs
vocative	inceste	incesta	incestum		incestī	incestae	incesta

Synonyms

• (impure): adulter, adulterīnus, cinaedicus, immundus, impudīcus, impūrus

Antonyms

• (impure): castus, immaculātus, incorruptus, intemerātus, pudīcus, pūrus

Derived terms

• incestē
• incestō
• incestum

Etymology 2

Noun

incestus (genitive incestūs); m, fourth declension

1. unchastity, sexual impurity, incest

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	incestus	incestūs
genitive	incestūs	incestuum
dative	incestuī	incestibus
accusative	incestum	incestūs
ablative	incestū	incestibus
vocative	incestus	incestūs

Descendants

• Russian: инцест

References

• incestus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879