malefacio

Latin

Etymology

From malus (“bad”) +‎ faciō (“I do, make”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈfa.ki.oː/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈfäkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈfa.t͡ʃi.o/, [mäleˈfäːt͡ʃio]

Verb

malefaciō (present infinitive malefacere, perfect active malefēcī, supine malefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice

1. to do evil or harm
2. to injure

Conjugation

   Conjugation of malefaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and partially 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	malefēcerīmus	malefēcerītis	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	malefactūrum esse	malefierī	malefactum esse	malefactum īrī
participles		malefaciēns	—	malefactūrus	—	malefactus	malefaciendus, malefaciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		malefaciendī	malefaciendō	malefaciendum	malefaciendō	malefactum	malefactū

Antonyms

• benefaciō

Derived terms

• malefactor
• malefactus

Descendants

• French: malfaire
• Friulian: malfâ
• Italian: malfare
• Occitan: malfar, malfaire, malfàser
• Portuguese: malfazer
• 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.