nefarie
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nefarius, nefaria, nefarium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wicked, evil, offending moral law; criminal, abominable; horrible/vile/foul;; impious; nefarious; execrable; heinous; abandoned (Cas);
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →nefarie:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
wickedly, impiously; nefariously, abominably; heinously;
Examples
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In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...Catilinam furentem audacia, scelus anhelantem, pestem patriae nefarie molientem, vobis atque huic urbi ferro flammaque minitantem ex urbe..." - G
de Bello Hispaniensi
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...attulistis et luce clara Cassium in medio foro nefarie interficere voluistis. Vos ita pacem semper odistis ut nullo..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...impulsu et imperio coactos cives et optimum quemque nefarie consectari. Quos quoniam fortuna in nostram detulit potestatem..." - T
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...prouincia reuocari, cum ea quae in se nefarie facta Locrenses quererentur ne praesente quidem Scipione facta dicerent, neque..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...potius societatis in qua natus esset, quam foederis nefarie icti cum collegis meminisset. Multo id magis se illius..."