infestus

infestus

1. conditional of infesti

Uncertain. Among the existing proposals are:

• if connected with manifestus, and if the latter originally meant "caught by the hand", then both could contain Proto-Indo-European *dʰers- (“to be bold”), from *dʰer- (“to hold”).
• if connected with festīnō, cōnfestim, then as "rushing in" from Proto-Italic *festis (“hurry”); this makes a connection with manifestus difficult.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈfes.tus/, [ĩːˈfɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈfes.tus/, [iɱˈfɛst̪us]

īnfestus (feminine īnfesta, neuter īnfestum, comparative īnfestior, superlative īnfestissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. hostile (to a person, cause etc.), antagonistic

   Synonyms: hostīlis, inimīcus, īnfēnsus, oblīquus, adversus, āversus, dīversus, inīquus

   Antonyms: affābilis, amīcābilis, facilis, benevolēns

   1. marked by strife, troubled
2. (entertaining or foreboding violent actions) aggressive, warlike; raised, threatening, poised to strike
3. (of things) [+dative] harmful, troublesome
   • Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 15:

     siRomanaarmaomnibus infestafinitimisessent

     if the Roman army should be dangerous for all his neighbours

4. (of places) dangerous, unsafe; [+ablative] infested with; adverse
5. exposed to danger, threatened, insecure

   Synonyms: inermis, intutus, nudus

   Antonyms: munitus, defensus, firmatus, tutus

First/second-declension adjective.

• īnfestō

• Old Spanish: enfiesto
  • Spanish: enhiesto
• Portuguese: infesto

• “infestus” on page 987 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “īnfestus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 303

• “infestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “infestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• infestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette