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
- T
Epidicus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...perdere; ea praestolabatur illum apud portam. PER. Viden veneficam? EP. Sed vestita, aurata, ornata ut lepide, ut concinne..." - M
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..."
