maleficum
Dictionary entries
- 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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →malefica, maleficae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
witch; sorceress;
gen. pl. - Entry →maleficus, malefici:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
criminal, wrongdoer; magician, enchanter, sorcerer (L+S);
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...homine quemquam vidi magis malum et maleficum. SIM. Tun id mihi? PS. Taceo. 938a sed ego quae tibi..." - T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...circumspecto, atque ego lembum conspicor longum, strigorem maleficum exornarier. NIC. Perii hercle, lembus ille mihi laedit latus. CHRYS..." - P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Sextium Paconianum praetorium perculit magno patrum gaudio, audacem maleficum, omnium secreta rimantem delectumque ab Seiano cuius ope dolus..."
