noun · femininethird declension
maledictiō
maledictiō f (genitive maledictiōnis)
Classical[ma.ɫɛˈdɪk.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ma.leˈdik.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- curse, evil speech
- condemnation
- slander
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
verba dīra imprecantismaledictiō -ōnis (f) — in Aeneis, ch. 12
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | maledictiō | maledictiōnēs |
| genitive | maledictiōnis | maledictiōnum |
| dative | maledictiōnī | maledictiōnibus |
| accusative | maledictiōnem | maledictiōnēs |
| ablative | maledictiōne | maledictiōnibus |
| vocative | maledictiō | maledictiōnēs |
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
mălĕdictĭo, ōnis, f. maledico,
I. an evil-speaking, reviling, abuse (very rare):
maledictio nihil habet propositi praeter contumeliam, Cic. Cael. 3, 6; Arn. 4, 147. —II. Esp., the act of cursing, a curse, malediction (freq. in eccl. Lat.):
alicui benedictionem et maledictionem proponere, Vulg. Deut. 30, 19: bonum pro maledictione, id. 2 Reg. 16, 12; id. Jer. 24, 9.Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin maledictiō From maledīcō (“to speak ill of”) + -tiō.
Descendants
- Catalanmaledicció
- Englishmalediction
- Frenchmalédictionfrom Middle French malédiction
- Romanianmaledicțiefrom Middle French malédiction
- Englishmalisonfrom Old French maleiçon
- Italianmaledizione
- Portuguesemaldição
- Spanishmaldición
- Middle Cornishmollathfrom Proto-Brythonic *mėlldiθ
- Middle Cornishmollethfrom Proto-Brythonic *mėlldiθ