Latin

Adjective

īnfectus m ‎(feminine īnfecta, neuter īnfectum); first/second declension

1. not done, unfinished
2. impossible

Inflection

First/second declension.

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of īnficiō ‎(“dye, taint”).

Participle

īnfectus m ‎(feminine īnfecta, neuter īnfectum); first/second declension

1. dyed, stained, having been dyed.
2. poisoned, tainted, corrupted, having been tainted.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

• French: infect

Noun

īnfectus m ‎(genitive īnfectūs); fourth declension

1. a dyeing

Inflection

Fourth declension.

References

• infectus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• infectus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• INFECTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “infectus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to no purpose; ineffectually: infecta re (Liv. 9. 32)