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nefarium

nefarium is a Latin form of nefarius, meaning “wicked, impious, abominable”. It is the accusative singular neuter adjective or nominative singular neuter adjective.

Found 75 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 37: occidisse patrem Sex. Roscius arguitur. scelestum, di immortales! ac nefarium facinus atque eius modi quo uno maleficio scelera omnia complexa esse videantur! etenim si, id quod praeclare …

Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.23: … contubernalis artissimi deserta cenula praematurus afforet. At ille dolenti prorsus animo suspirans assidue, Nefarium inquit Et extremum facinus perditae feminae tolerare nequiens fuga me proripui. Hem qualis, dii boni, matrona …

All forms of nefarius (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.