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
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...faciam. BAL. Eho, an etiam es veneficus? COC. Immo edepol vero hominum servator. BAL. Ehem, quanti istuc unum..."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..."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..."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..."