nefarius

Latin

Etymology

From nefās +‎ -ius with rhotacism.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neˈfaː.ri.us/, [nɛˈfäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈfa.ri.us/, [neˈfäːrius]

Adjective

nefārius (feminine nefāria, neuter nefārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. nefarious, execrable, abominable, loathsome

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nefārius	nefāria	nefārium		nefāriī	nefāriae	nefāria
genitive	nefāriī	nefāriae	nefāriī		nefāriōrum	nefāriārum	nefāriōrum
dative	nefāriō	nefāriae	nefāriō		nefāriīs
accusative	nefārium	nefāriam	nefārium		nefāriōs	nefāriās	nefāria
ablative	nefāriō	nefāriā	nefāriō		nefāriīs
vocative	nefārie	nefāria	nefārium		nefāriī	nefāriae	nefāria

Related terms

• nefandus
• nefāriē
• nefās
• nefāstus

Descendants

• Italian: nefario
• → English: nefarious
• Portuguese: nefário
• Spanish: nefario

References

• “nefarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nefarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nefarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.