maledictum

Latin

Etymology

From maledīcō (“I speak ill of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdik.tum/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈd̪ɪkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdik.tum/, [mäleˈd̪ikt̪um]

Noun

maledictum n (genitive maledictī); second declension

1. insult, taunt
2. accusative singular of maledictum
3. vocative singular of maledictum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maledictum	maledicta
Genitive	maledictī	maledictōrum
Dative	maledictō	maledictīs
Accusative	maledictum	maledicta
Ablative	maledictō	maledictīs
Vocative	maledictum	maledicta

Participle

(deprecated template usage) maledictum

1. nominative neuter singular of maledictus
2. accusative masculine singular of maledictus
3. accusative neuter singular of maledictus
4. vocative neuter singular of maledictus

Verb

(deprecated template usage) maledictum

1. accusative supine of maledīcō

Related terms

• maledicē
• maledīcēns
• maledīcentia
• maledīcō
• maledictiō

• maledictitō
• maledictor
• maledictus
• maledicus

References

• “maledictum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maledictum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maledictum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to heap abuse on some one: maledictis aliquem onerare, lacerare