maledicax

Latin

Etymology

From maledīcō (“slander, curse”) +‎ -āx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈle.di.kaːks/, [mäˈɫ̪ɛd̪ɪkäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈle.di.kaks/, [mäˈlɛːd̪ikäks]

Adjective

maledicāx (genitive maledicācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. foul-mouthed, abusive, slanderous, reviling

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	maledicāx			maledicācēs	maledicācia
genitive	maledicācis			maledicācium
dative	maledicācī			maledicācibus
accusative	maledicācem	maledicāx		maledicācēs	maledicācia
ablative	maledicācī			maledicācibus
vocative	maledicāx			maledicācēs	maledicācia

Noun

maledicāx m (genitive maledicācis); third declension

1. a reviler, slanderer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	maledicāx	maledicācēs
genitive	maledicācis	maledicācum
dative	maledicācī	maledicācibus
accusative	maledicācem	maledicācēs
ablative	maledicāce	maledicācibus
vocative	maledicāx	maledicācēs

References

• “maledicax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maledicax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.