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LNS

fūnestō, fūnestāre, fūnestāvī, fūnestātus

funestus

verb (1^st conjugation)

to pollute or disgrace with murder
to pollute, dishonor

Abbreviations

fūnesto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. funestus, to pollute or disgrace with murder. Lit. (class.; syn. foedo): aras ac templa humanis hostiis, Cic. Font. 10, 21: aram sociorum, id. Mil. 33, 90: contionem contagione carnificis, id. Rab. Perd. 4, 11.

— Transf., in gen., to pollute, dishonor (post-Aug.): emptor veneni Frangenda miseram funestat imagine gentem, Juv. 8, 18: sese nuptiis incestis, Cod. Th. 3, 12, 3: corpus in civitatem inferri non licet, ne funestentur sacra civitatis, Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2.