maledico
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin maledicus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈlɛ.di.ko/, [mäˈl̺ɛːd̪iko]
- Stress: malèdico
- Hyphenation: ma‧le‧di‧co
Adjective
maledico (feminine singular maledica, masculine plural maledici, feminine plural malediche)
- (literary) slanderous
- Synonyms: calunniatore, diffamatore, maldicente
Noun
maledico m (plural maledici, feminine maledica)
- slanderer
- Synonyms: malalingua, maldicente
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.leˈdi.ko/, [mäl̺eˈd̪iːko]
- Stress: maledìco
- Hyphenation: ma‧le‧di‧co
Verb
maledico
- first-person singular present indicative of maledire
Anagrams
- melodica
Latin
Etymology
From male (“wickedly, badly”) + dīcō (“say, speak”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ma.leˈdiː.koː/, [ma.ɫɛˈdiː.koː]
Verb
maledīcō (present infinitive maledīcere, perfect active maledīxī, supine maledictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative
- I slander, speak ill of.
- I curse.
Inflection
| Conjugation of maledico (third conjugation, irregular short imperative) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | maledīcō | maledīcis | maledīcit | maledīcimus | maledīcitis | maledīcunt |
| imperfect | maledīcēbam | maledīcēbās | maledīcēbat | maledīcēbāmus | maledīcēbātis | maledīcēbant | |
| future | maledīcam | maledīcēs | maledīcet | maledīcēmus | maledīcētis | maledīcent | |
| perfect | maledīxī | maledīxistī | maledīxit | maledīximus | maledīxistis | maledīxērunt, maledīxēre | |
| pluperfect | maledīxeram | maledīxerās | maledīxerat | maledīxerāmus | maledīxerātis | maledīxerant | |
| future perfect | maledīxerō | maledīxeris | maledīxerit | maledīxerimus | maledīxeritis | maledīxerint | |
| passive | present | maledīcor | maledīceris, maledīcere | maledīcitur | maledīcimur | maledīciminī | maledīcuntur |
| imperfect | maledīcēbar | maledīcēbāris, maledīcēbāre | maledīcēbātur | maledīcēbāmur | maledīcēbāminī | maledīcēbantur | |
| future | maledīcar | maledīcēris, maledīcēre | maledīcētur | maledīcēmur | maledīcēminī | maledīcentur | |
| perfect | maledictus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | maledictus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | maledictus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | maledīcam | maledīcās | maledīcat | maledīcāmus | maledīcātis | maledīcant |
| imperfect | maledīcerem | maledīcerēs | maledīceret | maledīcerēmus | maledīcerētis | maledīcerent | |
| perfect | maledīxerim | maledīxerīs | maledīxerit | maledīxerimus | maledīxeritis | maledīxerint | |
| pluperfect | maledīxissem | maledīxissēs | maledīxisset | maledīxissēmus | maledīxissētis | maledīxissent | |
| passive | present | maledīcar | maledīcāris, maledīcāre | maledīcātur | maledīcāmur | maledīcāminī | maledīcantur |
| imperfect | maledīcerer | maledīcerēris, maledīcerēre | maledīcerētur | maledīcerēmur | maledīcerēminī | maledīcerentur | |
| perfect | maledictus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | maledictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | maledīc, maledīce | — | — | maledīcite | — |
| future | — | maledīcitō | maledīcitō | — | maledīcitōte | maledīcuntō | |
| passive | present | — | maledīcere | — | — | maledīciminī | — |
| future | — | maledīcitor | maledīcitor | — | — | maledīcuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | maledīcere | maledīxisse | maledictūrus esse | maledīcī | maledictus esse | maledictum īrī | |
| participles | maledīcēns | — | maledictūrus | — | maledictus | maledīcendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| maledīcere | maledīcendī | maledīcendō | maledīcendum | maledictum | maledictū | ||
Antonyms
- benedīcō
Derived terms
- maledicē
- maledīcēns
- maledīcentia
- maledictiō
- maledictitō
- maledictor
- maledictum
- maledictus
- maledicus
Related terms
- maledicāx
Descendants
- Albanian: mallkoj
- Catalan: maleir
- English: maledict
- French: maudire
- Friulian: maledî, maludî
- Galician: maldicir
- Italian: maledire
- Occitan: malasir
- Old French: maldire, maleir, maudire
- Portuguese: maldizer
- Sardinian: maledixi, maledíxiri, maleíchere, maleíghere, malaíghere
- Sicilian: maldiri, malidiri, mardiri
- Spanish: maldecir
References
- maledico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maledico in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers