maledictio

Latin

Etymology

From maledīcō (“I speak ill of”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdik.ti.oː/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈd̪ɪkt̪ioː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdik.t͡si.o/, [mäleˈd̪ikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

maledictiō f (genitive maledictiōnis); third declension

curse, evil speech
condemnation
slander

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maledictiō	maledictiōnēs
Genitive	maledictiōnis	maledictiōnum
Dative	maledictiōnī	maledictiōnibus
Accusative	maledictiōnem	maledictiōnēs
Ablative	maledictiōne	maledictiōnibus
Vocative	maledictiō	maledictiōnēs

Descendants

→ Catalan: maledicció
→ English: malediction
→ Middle French: malédiction
- French: malédiction
  - → Romanian: maledicție
→ Old Irish: maldacht (see there for further descendants)
→ Italian: maledizione
→ Piedmontese: maledission
→ Portuguese: maldição
→ Sicilian: malidizziuni
→ Spanish: maldición

References

“maledictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“maledictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
maledictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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