incestus, incesta, incestum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
unchaste; unholy, unclean, religiously impure, polluted, defiled, sinful, lewd;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | incestus | incesti |
| Gen. | incesti | incestorum |
| Dat. | incesto | — |
| Acc. | incestum | incestos |
| Voc. | inceste | incesti |
| Abl. | incesto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | incesta | incestae |
| Gen. | incestae | incestarum |
| Dat. | incestae | — |
| Acc. | incestam | incestas |
| Voc. | incesta | incestae |
| Abl. | incesta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | incestum | incesta |
| Gen. | incesti | incestorum |
| Dat. | incesto | — |
| Acc. | incestum | incesta |
| Voc. | incestum | incesta |
| Abl. | incesto | — |
Examples
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...peccatus", quasi "peccatio", recte Latineque dicitur, sicut "hic incestus" non qui admisit, sed quod admissum..."Satura IV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...aedes [nemo malus felix, minime corruptor et idem] incestus, cum quo nuper uittata iacebat sanguine adhuc uiuo terram..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...minxerit in patrios cineres, an triste bidental mouerit incestus; certe furit, ac uelut ursus, obiectos caueae ualuit..."