maledicentia
Latin
Etymology
From present participle maledīcēns (“slandering, cursing”) + -ia, from maledīcō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ma.le.diːˈken.ti.a/, [mäɫ̪ɛd̪iːˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.le.diˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [mäled̪iˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun
maledīcentia f (genitive maledīcentiae); first declension
- an evil-speaking, abuse, scurrilousness
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | maledīcentia | maledīcentiae |
Genitive | maledīcentiae | maledīcentiārum |
Dative | maledīcentiae | maledīcentiīs |
Accusative | maledīcentiam | maledīcentiās |
Ablative | maledīcentiā | maledīcentiīs |
Vocative | maledīcentia | maledīcentiae |
Participle
(deprecated template usage) maledīcentia
- nominative neuter plural of maledīcēns
- accusative neuter plural of maledīcēns
- vocative neuter plural of maledīcēns
References
- “maledicentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maledicentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- maledicentia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016