nefāstus adj.
XII.XII Tabb. ap. C.—As subst
n
. (sc. crimen),
a wicked deed, abomination, profanity
: quid intactum nefasti Liquimus?
H.—Of days,
unhallowed, unpropitious, on which courts or public assemblies must not sit
: ille (Numa) nefastos dies fastosque fecit,
L.: (dies) per quem tria verba silentur (i.
e. on which the praetor does not utter his words of authority: do, dico, addico),
O.—
Unlucky, inauspicious
: Ille et nefasto te posuit die, etc.,
H.: ne terra victoriae suae, L.