nefarius
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);
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
- M
XIX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ultione patrum fuerim tantum expulisse contentus? tuus, mulier, nefarius, tuus inconsultus non permisit adfectus. filium, cui contra severitatem..." - M
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...apes pauper miser in opere perdidi. paravit homo nefarius ante omnia tantum veneni, quod posset et divitis hortis..." - Q
Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...populo Medea trucidet, aut humana palam coquat exta nefarius Atreus, aut in auem Procne uertatur, Cadmus in anguem..."