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nĕfans

nĕfans · adj

impious, heinous

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What it meant

nĕfans — Lewis & Short

nĕfans, antis, adj.adjectival collat. form of ne-fas,

I impious, heinous (anteclass.): nefantia pro nefanda: Lucilius (Satyr. Lib. IV.): Tantalus qui poenas ob facta nefantia pendit, Non. 489, 14 sq.; Varr. Sat. Menip. 83, 4.

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