indecl, something contrary to divine law, an impious deed, sin, crime:
quicquid non licet, nefas putare debemus: officia tua mihi nefas
est oblivisci: nefas est dictu, fuisse, etc.: quibus nefas est . . .
deserere patronos, Cs.: fas atque nefas, right and wrong,
V.: per omne fas ac nefas, in every way, L.: in omne nefas se parare, O.: Summum crede
nefas animam praeferre pudori, Iu.—Of a person, a wretch,
monster: exstinxisse nefas, i. e. Helen, V.—As
interj, horrid! shocking! dreadful!: quatenus, heu
nefas! Virtutem incolumem odimus, H.: sequiturque,
nefas! Aegyptia coniux, V.—An impossibility: levius fit patientiā Quidquid corrigere est nefas, H.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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