infectus
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈfek.tus/, [ĩːˈfɛkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈfek.tus/, [iɱˈfɛkt̪us]
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Italic *enfaktos. Equivalent to in- (“not”) + factus, perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”).
Adjective edit
īnfectus (feminine īnfecta, neuter īnfectum); first/second-declension adjective
- not done, undone, unfinished
- Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 17:
- Nusquam infecta re discederent
- Never withdrew from an unfinished enterprise
- Nusquam infecta re discederent
- impossible
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | īnfectus | īnfecta | īnfectum | īnfectī | īnfectae | īnfecta | |
Genitive | īnfectī | īnfectae | īnfectī | īnfectōrum | īnfectārum | īnfectōrum | |
Dative | īnfectō | īnfectō | īnfectīs | ||||
Accusative | īnfectum | īnfectam | īnfectum | īnfectōs | īnfectās | īnfecta | |
Ablative | īnfectō | īnfectā | īnfectō | īnfectīs | |||
Vocative | īnfecte | īnfecta | īnfectum | īnfectī | īnfectae | īnfecta |
Etymology 2 edit
Perfect passive participle of īnficiō (“I dip, I dunk; I dye, I stain; I corrupt, I taint”).
Participle edit
īnfectus (feminine īnfecta, neuter īnfectum); first/second-declension participle
- dipped, dunked, submerged.
- dyed, stained, having been dyed.
- corrupted, poisoned, tainted, having been tainted.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | īnfectus | īnfecta | īnfectum | īnfectī | īnfectae | īnfecta | |
Genitive | īnfectī | īnfectae | īnfectī | īnfectōrum | īnfectārum | īnfectōrum | |
Dative | īnfectō | īnfectō | īnfectīs | ||||
Accusative | īnfectum | īnfectam | īnfectum | īnfectōs | īnfectās | īnfecta | |
Ablative | īnfectō | īnfectā | īnfectō | īnfectīs | |||
Vocative | īnfecte | īnfecta | īnfectum | īnfectī | īnfectae | īnfecta |
Descendants edit
Noun edit
īnfectus m (genitive īnfectūs); fourth declension
- a dyeing
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | īnfectus | īnfectūs |
Genitive | īnfectūs | īnfectuum |
Dative | īnfectuī | īnfectibus |
Accusative | īnfectum | īnfectūs |
Ablative | īnfectū | īnfectibus |
Vocative | īnfectus | īnfectūs |
References edit
- “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’s 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.
- to no purpose; ineffectually: infecta re (Liv. 9. 32)
- to no purpose; ineffectually: infecta re (Liv. 9. 32)