funesto

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

fūnesto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. funestus,
I to pollute or disgrace with murder.
I 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.—
II 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.