English → Latin
“evil-doer” in Latin
maleficuswicked, vicious; criminalsōnsguilty; criminalnoxiushurtful, harmful, injurious, noxious.; guilty, culpable, criminal, delinquent.noceōto injure, do harm to, hurt, damagecommittōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to beginmalevolusdisaffected, envious, spiteful, malevolentmalevolēnsspiteful, malevolent; disaffected, enviousinīquusunjust, unfair; unequal, uneven; unfavourable, disadvantageous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
evil-doer
maleficus (general term for one who commits a morally bad action): sons: noxius: nocens (as guilty; sons, as condemned, or deserving to be condemned: nocens and noxius, with reference to the hurt or injury to another): sons reus: nocens reus: noxae reus (so far as he is accused): qui maleficium or noxam admittit, committit; qui facinus committit, in se suscipit (☞ facinus patrare is antiquated). [☞ Malefactor, for homo maleficus, only Plaut..] EVIL-MINDED, malevolus: malevolens (general term; opposed to benevolus): iniquus (not regarding law or equity, opposed to aequus). Vid: EVIL-DISPOSED, DISAFFECTED.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for evil-doer?
- The usual Latin words for “evil-doer” are maleficus, sōns, noxius; also noceō, committō, malevolus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.