Definify.com
Definition 2025
maleficus
maleficus
Latin
Adjective
maleficus m (feminine malefica, neuter maleficum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | maleficus | malefica | maleficum | maleficī | maleficae | malefica | |
| genitive | maleficī | maleficae | maleficī | maleficōrum | maleficārum | maleficōrum | |
| dative | maleficō | maleficō | maleficīs | ||||
| accusative | maleficum | maleficam | maleficum | maleficōs | maleficās | malefica | |
| ablative | maleficō | maleficā | maleficō | maleficīs | |||
| vocative | malefice | malefica | maleficum | maleficī | maleficae | malefica | |
Related terms
Descendants
- Italian: malefico
References
- maleficus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maleficus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- MALEFICUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “maleficus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.