maledictio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From maledīcō (“I speak ill of”) + -tiō.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ma.leˈdik.ti.oː/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈd̪ɪkt̪ioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.leˈdik.t͡si.o/, [mäleˈd̪ikt̪͡s̪io]
Noun[edit]
maledictiō f (genitive maledictiōnis); third declension
- curse, evil speech
- condemnation
- slander
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | maledictiō | maledictiōnēs |
| Genitive | maledictiōnis | maledictiōnum |
| Dative | maledictiōnī | maledictiōnibus |
| Accusative | maledictiōnem | maledictiōnēs |
| Ablative | maledictiōne | maledictiōnibus |
| Vocative | maledictiō | maledictiōnēs |
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: maledicció
- → English: malediction
- → Middle French: malédiction
- French: malédiction
- → Romanian: maledicție
- French: malédiction
- → Old Irish: maldacht (see there for further descendants)
- → Italian: maledizione
- → Piedmontese: maledission
- → Portuguese: maldição
- → Sicilian: malidizziuni
- → Spanish: maldición
References[edit]
- “maledictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “maledictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maledictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.