maledicus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /maˈle.di.kus/, [mäˈɫ̪ɛd̪ɪkʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈle.di.kus/, [mäˈlɛːd̪ikus]

Adjective

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

slanderous
abusive
scurrilous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	maledicus	maledica	maledicum	maledicī	maledicae	maledica
Genitive	maledicī	maledicae	maledicī	maledicōrum	maledicārum	maledicōrum
Dative	maledicō	maledicae	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.

[1] Comparison of Adjectives in Meagan Ayer, Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2014.

[2] Comparison of Adjectives in Meagan Ayer, Allen and Greenough’s New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2014.