maledicus

Latin

Etymology

From male (“ill”) +‎ -dicus (“-saying”); compare maledīcō (“slander, curse”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

maledicus (feminine maledica, neuter maledicum, comparative maledīcentior, superlative maledīcentissimus); first/second-declension adjective[1]

  1. slanderous
    Antonym: benedicus
  2. abusive
  3. scurrilous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative maledicus maledica maledicum maledicī maledicae maledica
Genitive maledicī maledicae maledicī maledicōrum maledicārum maledicōrum
Dative maledicō maledicō maledicīs
Accusative maledicum maledicam maledicum maledicōs maledicās maledica
Ablative maledicō maledicā maledicō maledicīs
Vocative maledice maledica maledicum maledicī maledicae maledica

References
  • “maledicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “maledicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • maledicus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • maledicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Comparison of Adjectives in Meagan Ayer, Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2014.
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