maleficis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →maleficio, maleficere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
practice sorcery/black magic;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd - 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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →malefica, maleficae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
witch; sorceress;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →maleficus, malefici:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
criminal, wrongdoer; magician, enchanter, sorcerer (L+S);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...cavere hoc sapientis aequissimumst, ne conscii sint ipsi malefici suis. ego mihi cum ~ lusi nil moror ullum lucrum..." - M
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..." - G
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...morbus haud saepe quemquam superat; ad hoc malefici generis plurima animalia. Sed qui mortales initio Africam habuerint quique..."
