veneficam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →veneficus, venefica, veneficum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of/connected with sorcery/charms, sorcerous, magic; poisoning, poisonous;
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →venefica, veneficae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
witch, sorceress, enchantress; hag; jade; poisoner (female); mixer of poisons;
acc. sg.
Examples
Epidicus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...perdere; ea praestolabatur illum apud portam. PER. Viden veneficam? EP. Sed vestita, aurata, ornata ut lepide, ut concinne..."XIV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...pars aliqua membrorum debilitate languesceret? tu te veneficam negas, quae potes potione facere, quantum offensae, quantum ira, quantum..."
