infandus

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ fandus. See also nefandus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈfan.dus/, [ĩːˈfän̪d̪ʊs̠]

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

Adjective

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

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

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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

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