maledico

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin maledicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlɛ.di.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɛdiko
• Hyphenation: ma‧lè‧di‧co

Adjective

maledico (feminine maledica, masculine plural maledici, feminine plural malediche)

1. (literary) slanderous

   Synonyms: calunniatore, diffamatore, maldicente

Derived terms

• maledicamente

Noun

maledico m (plural maledici, feminine maledica)

1. slanderer

   Synonyms: malalingua, maldicente

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdi.ko/
• Rhymes: -iko
• Hyphenation: ma‧le‧dì‧co

Verb

maledico

1. first-person singular present indicative of maledire

Anagrams

• melodica

Latin

Etymology

From male (“wickedly, badly”) +‎ dīcō (“say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdiː.koː/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈd̪iːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdi.ko/, [mäleˈd̪iːko]

Verb

maledīcō (present infinitive maledīcere, perfect active maledīxī, supine maledictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. to slander, speak ill of
2. to curse

   Synonyms: īnsultō, exsecror, obloquor, compello, pulsō, intrahō, invehō, incessō

   Antonym: benedīcō

Conjugation

Conjugation of maledīcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	maledīcō	maledīcis	maledīcit	maledīcimus	maledīcitis	maledīcunt
	imperfect	maledīcēbam	maledīcēbās	maledīcēbat	maledīcēbāmus	maledīcēbātis	maledīcēbant
	future	maledīcam	maledīcēs	maledīcet	maledīcēmus	maledīcētis	maledīcent
	perfect	maledīxī	maledīxistī	maledīxit	maledīximus	maledīxistis	maledīxērunt, maledīxēre
	pluperfect	maledīxeram	maledīxerās	maledīxerat	maledīxerāmus	maledīxerātis	maledīxerant
	future perfect	maledīxerō	maledīxeris	maledīxerit	maledīxerimus	maledīxeritis	maledīxerint
passive	present	maledīcor	maledīceris, maledīcere	maledīcitur	maledīcimur	maledīciminī	maledīcuntur
	imperfect	maledīcēbar	maledīcēbāris, maledīcēbāre	maledīcēbātur	maledīcēbāmur	maledīcēbāminī	maledīcēbantur
	future	maledīcar	maledīcēris, maledīcēre	maledīcētur	maledīcēmur	maledīcēminī	maledīcentur
	perfect	maledictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	maledictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	maledictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	maledīcam	maledīcās	maledīcat	maledīcāmus	maledīcātis	maledīcant
	imperfect	maledīcerem	maledīcerēs	maledīceret	maledīcerēmus	maledīcerētis	maledīcerent
	perfect	maledīxerim	maledīxerīs	maledīxerit	maledīxerīmus	maledīxerītis	maledīxerint
	pluperfect	maledīxissem	maledīxissēs	maledīxisset	maledīxissēmus	maledīxissētis	maledīxissent
passive	present	maledīcar	maledīcāris, maledīcāre	maledīcātur	maledīcāmur	maledīcāminī	maledīcantur
	imperfect	maledīcerer	maledīcerēris, maledīcerēre	maledīcerētur	maledīcerēmur	maledīcerēminī	maledīcerentur
	perfect	maledictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	maledictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	maledīc, maledīce1	—	—	maledīcite	—
	future	—	maledīcitō	maledīcitō	—	maledīcitōte	maledīcuntō
passive	present	—	maledīcere	—	—	maledīciminī	—
	future	—	maledīcitor	maledīcitor	—	—	maledīcuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		maledīcere	maledīxisse	maledictūrum esse	maledīcī	maledictum esse	maledictum īrī
participles		maledīcēns	—	maledictūrus	—	maledictus	maledīcendus, maledīcundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		maledīcendī	maledīcendō	maledīcendum	maledīcendō	maledictum	maledictū

¹Archaic.

Derived terms

• maledicē
• maledīcēns
• maledīcentia
• maledictiō
• maledictitō
• maledictor
• maledictum
• maledictus
• maledicus

 

Related terms

• maledicāx

Descendants

• Albanian: mallkoj
• Catalan: maleir
• English: maledict
• Old French: maldire, maudire, maleïr (Anglo-Norman and Picard), maleoir (rare)
  • Middle French: mauldire, maléir
    • French: maudire, maléir (dialectal)
• Friulian: maledî, maludî
• Galician: maldicir
• Italian: maledire
• Old Occitan: maladiser
  • Occitan: malasir (Languedoc), maladíser (Gascony), maladir (Gascony)
• Piedmontese: maledì
• Portuguese: maldizer
• Sardinian: maledixi, maledíxiri, maleíchere, maleíghere, malaíghere
• Sicilian: malidiri, malidìciri
• Spanish: maldecir
• Welsh: melltith

References

• “maledico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maledico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers