nefarie Latin · revision 32596

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *bʰeh₂-os}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nefāriē''' (adverb)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|nefārius|-ē|t1=wicked, abominable]].^(OLD 2012) De Vaan derives [[m|la|nefārius]] from [[m|la|nefās|t=an offence against divine law]], the negative of [[m|la|fās]], which he traces to [[itc-pro|*faos]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-os|t=saying, utterance]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) In the speeches against Verres Cicero speaks of doing something wickedly and shamefully.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means wickedly, foully, monstrously.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero uses it of plotting ruin against the fatherland and of a father wickedly murdered.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler also finds it in the Bible.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of wicked deeds, plots and a murder.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|wickedly|alt=Wickedly]], impiously, foully, [[m|en|heinously]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[nefarius|alt=nefārius]]

+ * [[nefas|alt=nefās]]

+ * [[fas|alt=fās]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}