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nefando

nefando is a Latin form of nefandus, meaning “unspeakable, impious, abominable”. It is the ablative singular neuter adjective or ablative singular masculine adjective or dative singular neuter adjective or dative singular masculine adjective.

Found 25 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In Catilinam 4.13: … sio, totam Italiam vastandam diripiendamque Catilinae. vereamini minus censeo ne in hoc scelere tam immani ac nefando aliquid severius statuisse videamini: multo magis est verendum ne remissione poenae crudeles in patriam quam …

All forms of nefandus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.