unfortunate Copy link Outline 1. infēlix2. infaustus (of things)3. infortūnātus4. improsper (unsuccessful)5. nĕfastus • unfortunate: 1. infēlix: u. boy, i. puer, Virg. Aen. 1, 475: i. patria, id. 9, 786. 2. infaustus (of things): u. step, i. gradus, Ov. Met. 3, 36: u. ships, i. puppes, Virg. Aen. 5, 635. 3. infortūnātus: O! u. old man, O! infortunatum senem, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 7. 4. improsper (unsuccessful): Tac. A. 4, 44. 5. nĕfastus: an u. day, dies nefastus, Hor. Od. 2, 13, 1: v. Smith, Dict. of Antiq. p. 409 (Dies), v. unhappy, unlucky, unfavourable.