in-festus, a, um, adj. [2. in-festus for fenstus, from fendo; whence defendo, infensus], made unsafe, disturbed, molested, infested; unquiet, unsafe (class.; cf. infensus).
I Lit.: via excursionibus barbarorum infesta, Cic. Prov. Cons. 2, 4: iter, id. Phil. 12, 10: civitas, Liv. 3, 24: omnia infesta serpentibus, Sall. J. 89: sua tuta omnia, infesta hostium (omnia), Liv. 2, 49: vita, Cic. Rosc. Am. 11: infestum agrum reddere, to make unsafe , Liv. 2, 11: mare infestum habere, to disturb , render insecure , Cic. Att. 16, 1: infestam habere Macedoniam, Liv. 26, 24.— Comp. : infestior salus, Cic. Planc. 1: senectus, Liv. 1, 47. — Sup. : infestissima pars Ciliciae, Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3.—
II Transf., act. , that renders unsafe , that acts in a hostile manner , hostile , inimical , troublesome , dangerous : irrupit in Galliam, quam sibi armis animisque infestam inimicamque cognovit, Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 21: provincia huic victoriae maxime infesta, id. Lig. 8, 24: gens infestissima nomini Romano, Sall. C. 52: pestis infesta rei publicae, Cic. Cat. 1, 5: infestus in cognatos, Auct. Her. 4, 40, 52: exercitu infesto in agrum Sabinum profecti, Liv. 2, 36; cf.: infestis signis impetum facere, Caes. B. C. 3, 93; so freq.: infestis signis, Cic. Font. 16; Caes. B. G. 6, 7; 7, 52; Liv. 2, 30 al.: infestis pilis procurrere, Caes. B. C. 3, 93: infestis pilis proturbare, Tac. H. 1, 31 fin. : infesto spiculo aliquem petere, Liv. 2, 20: infesta tela ferre, Verg. A. 5, 582: infestis oculis conspici, Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17: infesta virtutibus tempora, Tac. Agr. 2: scelus, Cic. Clu. 66, 188: atque inimicus clamor, id. Verr. 2, 1, 5: animo infestissimo aliquem intueri, id. ib. 2, 5, 55: bellum, Liv. 9, 12: missus morbus infesto a numine, Juv. 13, 231.—Hence, adv.: infestē , hostilely , violently , outrageously : quae illi infeste in nos fecerint, Liv. 26, 13, 7; Vell. 2, 45, 3. — Comp. , Liv. 2, 55; 8, 33; 28, 29.— Sup. , Cic. Quint. 21 (with inimicissime), Quint. 11, 8, 10.