maleficio

See also: malefició

Italian

Alternative forms

• malefizio

Etymology

From Latin maleficium.

Noun

maleficio m (plural malefici)

1. an evil spell, bane, curse

Related terms

• maleficenza

Further reading

• maleficio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• emofilica

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ma.ɫɛˈfɪ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ma.leˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

maleficiō

1. dative/ablative singular of maleficium

Etymology 2

From maleficium +‎ -ō.

Verb

maleficiō (present infinitive maleficiāre, perfect active maleficiāvī, supine maleficiātum); first conjugation

1. (Medieval Latin) alternative form of maleficō
   • 1620, Henricus Institoris, Malleus Maleficarum‎^[1], page 263:

     ſciunt aliqua imagine depicta vel fuſa, vbi aliquem maleficiare volunt

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of maleficiō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	maleficiō		maleficiās		maleficiat		maleficiāmus		maleficiātis		maleficiant
	imperfect	maleficiābam		maleficiābās		maleficiābat		maleficiābāmus		maleficiābātis		maleficiābant
	future	maleficiābō		maleficiābis		maleficiābit		maleficiābimus		maleficiābitis		maleficiābunt
	perfect	maleficiāvī		maleficiāvistī		maleficiāvit		maleficiāvimus		maleficiāvistis		maleficiāvērunt, maleficiāvēre
	pluperfect	maleficiāveram		maleficiāverās		maleficiāverat		maleficiāverāmus		maleficiāverātis		maleficiāverant
	future perfect	maleficiāverō		maleficiāveris		maleficiāverit		maleficiāverimus		maleficiāveritis		maleficiāverint
passive	present	maleficior		maleficiāris, maleficiāre		maleficiātur		maleficiāmur		maleficiāminī		maleficiantur
	imperfect	maleficiābar		maleficiābāris, maleficiābāre		maleficiābātur		maleficiābāmur		maleficiābāminī		maleficiābantur
	future	maleficiābor		maleficiāberis, maleficiābere		maleficiābitur		maleficiābimur		maleficiābiminī		maleficiābuntur
	perfect	maleficiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	maleficiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	maleficiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	maleficiem		maleficiēs		maleficiet		maleficiēmus		maleficiētis		maleficient
	imperfect	maleficiārem		maleficiārēs		maleficiāret		maleficiārēmus		maleficiārētis		maleficiārent
	perfect	maleficiāverim		maleficiāverīs		maleficiāverit		maleficiāverīmus		maleficiāverītis		maleficiāverint
	pluperfect	maleficiāvissem		maleficiāvissēs		maleficiāvisset		maleficiāvissēmus		maleficiāvissētis		maleficiāvissent
passive	present	maleficier		maleficiēris, maleficiēre		maleficiētur		maleficiēmur		maleficiēminī		maleficientur
	imperfect	maleficiārer		maleficiārēris, maleficiārēre		maleficiārētur		maleficiārēmur		maleficiārēminī		maleficiārentur
	perfect	maleficiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	maleficiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		maleficiā		—		—		maleficiāte		—
	future	—		maleficiātō		maleficiātō		—		maleficiātōte		maleficiantō
passive	present	—		maleficiāre		—		—		maleficiāminī		—
	future	—		maleficiātor		maleficiātor		—		—		maleficiantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		maleficiāre			maleficiārī			maleficiāns			—
future		maleficiātūrum esse			maleficiātum īrī			maleficiātūrus			maleficiandus
perfect		maleficiāvisse			maleficiātum esse			—			maleficiātus
future perfect		—			maleficiātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		maleficiātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		maleficiandī		maleficiandō		maleficiandum		maleficiandō		maleficiātum		maleficiātū

Descendants

• Spanish: maleficiar

References

• "maleficiare", 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)

Portuguese

Verb

maleficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of maleficiar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maleˈfiθjo/ [ma.leˈfi.θjo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /maleˈfisjo/ [ma.leˈfi.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθjo (Spain)
• Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ma‧le‧fi‧cio

Etymology 1

From Latin maleficium.

Noun

maleficio m (plural maleficios)

1. hex (evil spell)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maleficio

1. first-person singular present indicative of maleficiar

Further reading

• “maleficio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024