English → Latin
“malefactor” in Latin
maleficuswicked, vicious; criminalsōnsguilty; criminalnoceōto injure, do harm to, hurt, damagenoxiushurtful, harmful, injurious, noxious.; guilty, culpable, criminal, delinquent.
The English word malefactor itself goes back to Latin male, through malefactor.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
malefactor
maleficus (general term, the doer of a bad action): sons, nocens, noxius (guilty; sons, condemned, or deserved condemnation; nocens and noxius simply as the originator or cause of harm): sons reus, nocens reus, noxae reus (so far as the malefactor is in the position of an accused person): ☞ malefactor does not occur in the best age.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for malefactor?
- The usual Latin words for “malefactor” are maleficus, sōns, noceō; also noxius. 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.