infandus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ fandus. See also nefandus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈfan.dus/, [ĩːˈfän̪d̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈfan.dus/, [iɱˈfän̪d̪us]

Adjective

īnfandus (feminine īnfanda, neuter īnfandum); first/second-declension adjective

1. unspeakable, unutterable, unnatural, shocking, abominable

   Synonyms: terribilis, horribilis

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.3:

     Infandum, regina, jubes renovare dolorem, Trojanas ut opes et lamentabile regnum eruerint Danai...

     You order me, Queen, to renew unspeakable pain, how the Danaans cast out the Trojan possessions and lamentable rule...

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	īnfandus	īnfanda	īnfandum		īnfandī	īnfandae	īnfanda
Genitive	īnfandī	īnfandae	īnfandī		īnfandōrum	īnfandārum	īnfandōrum
Dative	īnfandō		īnfandō		īnfandīs
Accusative	īnfandum	īnfandam	īnfandum		īnfandōs	īnfandās	īnfanda
Ablative	īnfandō	īnfandā	īnfandō		īnfandīs
Vocative	īnfande	īnfanda	īnfandum		īnfandī	īnfandae	īnfanda

Descendants

• Italian: infando
• English: infandous
• Portuguese: infando
• Spanish: infando

References

• “infandus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press