veneficus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →veneficus, venefica, veneficum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
of/connected with sorcery/charms, sorcerous, magic; poisoning, poisonous;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →veneficus, venefici:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sorcerer, wizard, enchanter; poisoner; mixer of poisons; rogue;
nom. sg.
Examples
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...faciam. BAL. Eho, an etiam es veneficus? COC. Immo edepol vero hominum servator. BAL. Ehem, quanti istuc unum..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...videntur esse diversa, ut non is demum sit veneficus qui vitam abstulit data potione, sed etiam qui mentem..." - M
II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ille servatus? miror hercule non dixisse: 'volui, sum veneficus, sum parricida.' et invidiam putarem, si confessus esset. bene..." - M
In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...potest, quod non ille conceperit? quis tota Italia veneficus, quis gladiator, quis latro, quis sicarius, quis parricida, quis..."