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(adj.adj.) : incestus, a, um, adj.2. in-castus
* Unclean (in a moral and religious sense), impure, polluted, defiled, sinful, criminal (as an adj. mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* In gen.: cum verborum contumeliis optimum virum incesto ore lacerasset,Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5: saepe Diespiter Neglectus incesto addidit integrum,punished the good with the bad,Hor. C. 3, 2, 30: catervae Incestarum avium,that feed on corpses,Stat. Th. 9, 27: profana illic omnia, quae apud nos sacra: rursum concessa apud illos, quae apud nos incesta,Tac. H. 5, 4: an triste bidental Moverit incestus,impious,Hor. A. P. 472.
* In partic., unchaste, lewd, incestuous.
* Adj.: Ilion Fatalis incestusque judex ... vertit In pulverem,i. e. Paris,Hor. C. 3, 3, 19; called also: praedo,Stat. Ach. 1, 45: princeps,Plin. Pan. 52, 3: amores,Hor. C. 3, 6, 23; Tac. A. 12, 4: nuptiae,id. ib. 11, 25fin.; cf. conjugia,Suet. Claud. 26: noctes,Plin. Pan. 63, 7: voces,Ov. Tr. 2, 503: pellicere aliquem incesto sermone,Liv. 8, 28, 3: incestus manus intra terminos sacratos inferre,id. 45, 5, 7: corruptor et idem incestus,Juv. 4, 9. — Hence
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* Incestum, i, n., unchastity, lewdness; esp. as a violation of religious laws, incest (class.): incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22: concubuit cum viro ... fecit igitur incestum,id. Inv. 1, 40, 73. committere, Quint. 4, 2, 88; Dig. 23, 2, 39: ex incesto, quod Augustus cum Julia filia admisisset,Suet. Calig. 23; cf.: incesti cum sorore reus,id. Ner. 5: cum filia commissum,Quint. 5, 10, 19: incesto liberatus,Cic. Pis. 39, 95: incesti damnata,Quint. 7, 8, 3: ab incesto id ei loco nomen factum,Liv. 8, 15, 8: incesti poena ... in viro in insulam deportatio est,Paul. Sent. 2, 26, 15. — In plur.: stupra ... et adulteria, incesta denique,Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 75: super sororum incesta,Suet. Calig. 36: Vestalium virginum,id. Dom. 8.
* In gen., impurely, sinfully, Lucr. 1, 98: facere sacrificium Dianae,Liv. 1, 45, 6.
* In partic., unchastely: ideo aquam adduxi, ut ea tu inceste uterere?Cic. Cael. 14, 34: libidinatum,Suet. Ner. 28: agit incestius res suas,Arn. 5, 170.
* Unclean (in a moral and religious sense), impure, polluted, defiled, sinful, criminal (as an adj. mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* In gen.: cum verborum contumeliis optimum virum incesto ore lacerasset,Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5: saepe Diespiter Neglectus incesto addidit integrum,punished the good with the bad,Hor. C. 3, 2, 30: catervae Incestarum avium,that feed on corpses,Stat. Th. 9, 27: profana illic omnia, quae apud nos sacra: rursum concessa apud illos, quae apud nos incesta,Tac. H. 5, 4: an triste bidental Moverit incestus,impious,Hor. A. P. 472.
* In partic., unchaste, lewd, incestuous.
* Adj.: Ilion Fatalis incestusque judex ... vertit In pulverem,i. e. Paris,Hor. C. 3, 3, 19; called also: praedo,Stat. Ach. 1, 45: princeps,Plin. Pan. 52, 3: amores,Hor. C. 3, 6, 23; Tac. A. 12, 4: nuptiae,id. ib. 11, 25fin.; cf. conjugia,Suet. Claud. 26: noctes,Plin. Pan. 63, 7: voces,Ov. Tr. 2, 503: pellicere aliquem incesto sermone,Liv. 8, 28, 3: incestus manus intra terminos sacratos inferre,id. 45, 5, 7: corruptor et idem incestus,Juv. 4, 9. — Hence
* Substt.
* Incestum, i, n., unchastity, lewdness; esp. as a violation of religious laws, incest (class.): incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22: concubuit cum viro ... fecit igitur incestum,id. Inv. 1, 40, 73. committere, Quint. 4, 2, 88; Dig. 23, 2, 39: ex incesto, quod Augustus cum Julia filia admisisset,Suet. Calig. 23; cf.: incesti cum sorore reus,id. Ner. 5: cum filia commissum,Quint. 5, 10, 19: incesto liberatus,Cic. Pis. 39, 95: incesti damnata,Quint. 7, 8, 3: ab incesto id ei loco nomen factum,Liv. 8, 15, 8: incesti poena ... in viro in insulam deportatio est,Paul. Sent. 2, 26, 15. — In plur.: stupra ... et adulteria, incesta denique,Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 75: super sororum incesta,Suet. Calig. 36: Vestalium virginum,id. Dom. 8.
* In gen., impurely, sinfully, Lucr. 1, 98: facere sacrificium Dianae,Liv. 1, 45, 6.
* In partic., unchastely: ideo aquam adduxi, ut ea tu inceste uterere?Cic. Cael. 14, 34: libidinatum,Suet. Ner. 28: agit incestius res suas,Arn. 5, 170.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
incestus (noun M) : 1. incestus, II.
* Unchastity, incest (mostly Ciceron.): quaestio de incestu,Cic. Mil. 22, 59; id. Brut. 32, 122; 124; id. N. D. 3, 30, 74 Klotz; Liv. 4, 44 Weissenb.; Val. Max. 6, 3, 7.
* Unchastity, incest (mostly Ciceron.): quaestio de incestu,Cic. Mil. 22, 59; id. Brut. 32, 122; 124; id. N. D. 3, 30, 74 Klotz; Liv. 4, 44 Weissenb.; Val. Max. 6, 3, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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