maledictum

Latin

Etymology

From maledīcō (“I speak ill of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdik.tum/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈd̪ɪkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdik.tum/, [mäleˈd̪ikt̪um]

Noun

maledictum n (genitive maledictī); second declension

1. insult, taunt

   Synonyms: contumelia, probrum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	maledictum	maledicta
genitive	maledictī	maledictōrum
dative	maledictō	maledictīs
accusative	maledictum	maledicta
ablative	maledictō	maledictīs
vocative	maledictum	maledicta

Participle

maledictum

1. inflection of maledictus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Verb

maledictum

1. accusative supine of maledīcō

Related terms

• maledicē
• maledīcēns
• maledīcentia
• maledīcō
• maledictiō
• maledictitō
• maledictor
• maledictus
• maledicus

References

• “maledictum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maledictum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maledictum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to heap abuse on some one: maledictis aliquem onerare, lacerare