maledictus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of maledīcō.

Participle

maledictus (feminine maledicta, neuter maledictum); first/second-declension participle

1. slandered
2. cursed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	maledictus	maledicta	maledictum		maledictī	maledictae	maledicta
genitive	maledictī	maledictae	maledictī		maledictōrum	maledictārum	maledictōrum
dative	maledictō	maledictae	maledictō		maledictīs
accusative	maledictum	maledictam	maledictum		maledictōs	maledictās	maledicta
ablative	maledictō	maledictā	maledictō		maledictīs
vocative	maledicte	maledicta	maledictum		maledictī	maledictae	maledicta

Descendants

• Dalmatian: maledata
• English: maledict
• Italian: maledetto
• Mirandese: maldito
• Old French: maldit
  • Middle French: mauldit
  • French: maudit
• Old Galician-Portuguese: maldito
  • Galician: maldito
  • Portuguese: maldito
• Piedmontese: maledet
• Sicilian: maladittu
• Spanish: maldito

References

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