1. incestus — Lewis & Short
incestus, a, um, adj.2. in-castus,
I 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.