incestus

1.

incestus, a, um, adj. [2. in-castus], unclean (in a moral and religious sense), impure, polluted, defiled, sinful, criminal (as an adj. mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I.

In gen.:

cum verborum contumeliis optimum virum incesto ore lacerasset,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

saepe Diespiter Neglectus incesto addidit integrum,

punished the good with the bad, Hor. C. 3, 2, 30:

catervae Incestarum avium,

that feed on corpses, Stat. Th. 9, 27:

profana illic omnia, quae apud nos sacra: rursum concessa apud illos, quae apud nos incesta,

Tac. H. 5, 4:

an triste bidental Moverit incestus,

impious, Hor. A. P. 472. —

II.

In partic., unchaste, lewd, incestuous.

A.

Adj.:

Ilion Fatalis incestusque judex... vertit In pulverem,

i. e. Paris, Hor. C. 3, 3, 19;

called also: praedo,

Stat. Ach. 1, 45:

princeps,

Plin. Pan. 52, 3:

amores,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 23; Tac. A. 12, 4:

nuptiae,

id. ib. 11, 25 fin.; cf.

conjugia,

Suet. Claud. 26:

noctes,

Plin. Pan. 63, 7:

voces,

Ov. Tr. 2, 503:

pellicere aliquem incesto sermone,

Liv. 8, 28, 3:

incestus manus intra terminos sacratos inferre,

id. 45, 5, 7:

corruptor et idem incestus,

Juv. 4, 9. — Hence,

B.

Substt.

1.

incestum, i, n., unchastity, lewdness; esp. as a violation of religious laws, incest (class.):

incestum pontifices supremo supplicio sanciunto,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22:

concubuit cum viro... fecit igitur incestum,

id. Inv. 1, 40, 73. committere, Quint. 4, 2, 88; Dig. 23, 2, 39:

ex incesto, quod Augustus cum Julia filia admisisset,

Suet. Calig. 23; cf.:

incesti cum sorore reus,

id. Ner. 5:

cum filia commissum,

Quint. 5, 10, 19:

incesto liberatus,

Cic. Pis. 39, 95:

incesti damnata,

Quint. 7, 8, 3:

ab incesto id ei loco nomen factum,

Liv. 8, 15, 8:

incesti poena... in viro in insulam deportatio est,

Paul. Sent. 2, 26, 15. — In plur.:

stupra... et adulteria, incesta denique,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 75:

super sororum incesta,

Suet. Calig. 36:

Vestalium virginum,

id. Dom. 8.—

2.

incesta, ae, f., an incestuous woman, paramour:

hunc (adamanta) dedit olim barbarus incestae,

Juv. 6, 158.— Adv.: incestē ( incastē, Sen. Contr. 2, 13).

A.

In gen., impurely, sinfully, Lucr. 1, 98:

facere sacrificium Dianae,

Liv. 1, 45, 6.—

B.

In partic., unchastely:

ideo aquam adduxi, ut ea tu inceste uterere?

Cic. Cael. 14, 34:

libidinatum,

Suet. Ner. 28:

agit incestius res suas,

Arn. 5, 170.

2.

incestus, ūs, m. [1. incestus, II.], unchastity, incest (mostly Ciceron.):

quaestio de incestu,

Cic. Mil. 22, 59; id. Brut. 32, 122; 124; id. N. D. 3, 30, 74 Klotz; Liv. 4, 44 Weissenb.; Val. Max. 6, 3, 7.