malefacio
Latin
Etymology
From malus (“bad”) + faciō (“I do, make”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ma.leˈfa.ki.oː/, [ma.ɫɛˈfa.ki.oː]
Verb
malefaciō (present infinitive malefacere, perfect active malefēcī, supine malefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice
- I do evil or harm
- I injure
Inflection
| Conjugation of malefacio (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and suppletive in the passive) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | malefaciō | malefacis | malefacit | malefacimus | malefacitis | malefaciunt |
| imperfect | malefaciēbam | malefaciēbās | malefaciēbat | malefaciēbāmus | malefaciēbātis | malefaciēbant | |
| future | malefaciam | malefaciēs | malefaciet | malefaciēmus | malefaciētis | malefacient | |
| perfect | malefēcī | malefēcistī | malefēcit | malefēcimus | malefēcistis | malefēcērunt, malefēcēre | |
| pluperfect | malefēceram | malefēcerās | malefēcerat | malefēcerāmus | malefēcerātis | malefēcerant | |
| future perfect | malefēcerō | malefēceris | malefēcerit | malefēcerimus | malefēceritis | malefēcerint | |
| passive | present | malefīō | malefīs | malefit | malefīmus | malefītis | malefīunt |
| imperfect | malefīēbam | malefīēbās | malefīēbat | malefīēbāmus | malefīēbātis | malefīēbant | |
| future | malefīam | malefīēs | malefīet | malefīēmus | malefīētis | malefīent | |
| perfect | malefactus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | malefactus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | malefactus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | malefaciam | malefaciās | malefaciat | malefaciāmus | malefaciātis | malefaciant |
| imperfect | malefacerem | malefacerēs | malefaceret | malefacerēmus | malefacerētis | malefacerent | |
| perfect | malefēcerim | malefēcerīs | malefēcerit | malefēcerimus | malefēceritis | malefēcerint | |
| pluperfect | malefēcissem | malefēcissēs | malefēcisset | malefēcissēmus | malefēcissētis | malefēcissent | |
| passive | present | malefīam | malefīās | malefīat | malefīāmus | malefīātis | malefīant |
| imperfect | malefierem | malefierēs | malefieret | malefierēmus | malefierētis | malefierent | |
| perfect | malefactus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | malefactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | maleface | — | — | malefacite | — |
| future | — | malefacitō | malefacitō | — | malefacitōte | malefaciuntō | |
| passive | present | — | malefī | — | — | malefīte | — |
| future | — | malefītō | malefītō | — | malefītōte | malefīuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | malefacere | malefēcisse | malefactūrus esse | malefierī | malefactus esse | malefactum īrī | |
| participles | malefaciēns | — | malefactūrus | — | malefactus | malefaciendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| malefacere | malefaciendī | malefaciendō | malefaciendum | malefactum | malefactū | ||
Antonyms
- benefaciō
Derived terms
- malefactor
- malefactus
Descendants
- French: malfaire
- Friulian: malfâ
- Italian: malfare
- Occitan: malfar, malfaire, malfàser
- Spanish: malhacer
References
- malefacio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- malefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette