infestus

Etymology
. Possibilities include:
 * 1) Cognate with  by assuming a precedent sense, and derived from a tentative , possibly from.
 * 2) Cognate with,  by assuming a precedent sense , from , which Schrijver derives from a root . This makes a connection with  difficult.
 * 3) From , itself from , from . Phonologically this assumes the ending  being analogically restored after  had shifted to  in Italic, as might be the case with.

Pronunciation

 * It is not entirely certain whether the vowel in the second syllable was short or long. Spanish (assumed to be a descendant, with a change in sense) shows development of -ie- from -ĕ- (though this does not exclude the possibility of an original -ē- that underwent later shortening or analogical replacement, as in Spanish  from Latin ). Bennett 1907 cites "infésti" from  C.I.L. v. 2627 as inscriptional evidence for a long vowel, and compares the length to that of e in  (but the latter is also uncertain).
 * It is not entirely certain whether the vowel in the second syllable was short or long. Spanish (assumed to be a descendant, with a change in sense) shows development of -ie- from -ĕ- (though this does not exclude the possibility of an original -ē- that underwent later shortening or analogical replacement, as in Spanish  from Latin ). Bennett 1907 cites "infésti" from  C.I.L. v. 2627 as inscriptional evidence for a long vowel, and compares the length to that of e in  (but the latter is also uncertain).

Adjective

 * 1) hostile, antagonistic
 * 2) marked by strife, troubled
 * 3)  aggressive, warlike; raised, threatening, poised to strike
 * 4)  harmful, troublesome
 * 5)  dangerous, unsafe; infested ; adverse
 * 6) exposed to danger, threatened, insecure
 * 1)  dangerous, unsafe; infested ; adverse
 * 2) exposed to danger, threatened, insecure
 * 1) exposed to danger, threatened, insecure