maleficus

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Latin

Etymology

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Derived from male (badly, wrongly) +‎ -ficus (suffix denoting making or doing).

Pronunciation

Adjective

maleficus (feminine malefica, neuter maleficum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. wicked, vicious
  2. criminal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative maleficus malefica maleficum maleficī maleficae malefica
Genitive maleficī maleficae maleficī maleficōrum maleficārum maleficōrum
Dative maleficō maleficō maleficīs
Accusative maleficum maleficam maleficum maleficōs maleficās malefica
Ablative maleficō maleficā maleficō maleficīs
Vocative malefice malefica maleficum maleficī maleficae malefica

Descendants

  • Catalan: malèfic
  • Italian: malefico
  • Spanish: maléfico

References

  • maleficus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • maleficus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • maleficus 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)
  • maleficus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.