maledicus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From male (“ill”) + -dicus (“-saying”); compare maledīcō (“slander, curse”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maˈle.di.kus/, [mäˈɫ̪ɛd̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈle.di.kus/, [mäˈlɛːd̪ikus]
Adjective[edit]
maledicus (feminine maledica, neuter maledicum, comparative maledīcentior, superlative maledīcentissimus); first/second-declension adjective[1]
- slanderous
- Antonym: benedicus
- abusive
- scurrilous
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | maledicus | maledica | maledicum | maledicī | maledicae | maledica | |
| Genitive | maledicī | maledicae | maledicī | maledicōrum | maledicārum | maledicōrum | |
| Dative | maledicō | maledicō | maledicīs | ||||
| Accusative | maledicum | maledicam | maledicum | maledicōs | maledicās | maledica | |
| Ablative | maledicō | maledicā | maledicō | maledicīs | |||
| Vocative | maledice | maledica | maledicum | maledicī | maledicae | maledica | |
References[edit]
- “maledicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “maledicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maledicus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- maledicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ * Comparison of Adjectives in Meagan Ayer, Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2014.