noun · masculinethird declension
malefactor
malefactor m (genitive malefactōris)
Classical[ma.ɫɛˈfak.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ma.leˈfak.tor]
Meaning
- masculinewrongdoer, evildoer, malefactor, villain
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | malefactor | malefactōrēs |
| genitive | malefactōris | malefactōrum |
| dative | malefactōrī | malefactōribus |
| accusative | malefactōrem | malefactōrēs |
| ablative | malefactōre | malefactōribus |
| vocative | malefactor | malefactōrēs |
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
mălĕfactor, ōris, m. id.,
I. an evildoer, malefactor (Plautin. and post-class.):
malefactorem amitti satiu'st quam relinqui beneficum, i. e. it is better to let a malefactor go unpunished than to be ungrateful towards a benefactor, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 11: ad vindictam malefactorum, Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 14.Origins
From malefaciō + -tor, corresponding to male (“evilly”) + factor (“maker”). Used in Old Latin by Plautus and then more commonly in Late Latin.
Descendants
- Frenchmalfaiteur
- Italianmalfattore
- Portuguesemalfeitor
- Spanishmalhechor
- Catalanmalfactor
- Englishmalefactor
- Friulianmalfatôr
- Galicianmalfeitor
- Old Catalanmalfaytor
- Asturianmalfechorfrom Old Leonese malfechor