malefici
Dictionary entries
- Entry →maleficio, maleficere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
practice sorcery/black magic;
pres. pass. infin. - Entry →maleficus, malefica -um, maleficentior -or -us, maleficentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wicked, criminal, nefarious, evil; harmful, noxious, injurious; of black magic;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →maleficus, malefici:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
criminal, wrongdoer; magician, enchanter, sorcerer (L+S);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →maleficium, malefici(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
crime/misdeed/offense; injury/hurt/wrong; fraud/deception (L+S); sorcery; pest;
gen. sg.
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cavere hoc sapientis aequissimumst, ne conscii sint ipsi malefici suis. ego mihi cum ~ lusi nil moror ullum lucrum..."XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...divitis hortis satis esse, et linivit flores maleficis sucis et in venenum mella convertit. Sparsit omnibus floribus mortem..."BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...morbus haud saepe quemquam superat; ad hoc malefici generis plurima animalia. Sed qui mortales initio Africam habuerint quique..."
