LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

malifātius

malifātius (feminine malifātia, neuter malifātium)

Meaning

  1. Late Latinadjectiveunfortunate
    VRBICE ORFANE / ET MALIFATIE / Q. VIX. ANN. XXII. / IN PACEFor the orphaned and unfortunate Urbica, who died at the age of twenty-two. [May she rest] in peace.4th c. CE, Epigraph from the Coemeterium Maius

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemalifātiusmalifātiamalifātium
genitivemalifātiīmalifātiaemalifātiī
dativemalifātiōmalifātiaemalifātiō
accusativemalifātiummalifātiammalifātium
ablativemalifātiōmalifātiāmalifātiō
vocativemalifātiemalifātiamalifātium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemalifātiīmalifātiaemalifātia
genitivemalifātiōrummalifātiārummalifātiōrum
dativemalifātiīsmalifātiīsmalifātiīs
accusativemalifātiōsmalifātiāsmalifātia
ablativemalifātiīsmalifātiīsmalifātiīs
vocativemalifātiīmalifātiaemalifātia

Origins

From malus (“bad”) + fātum (“fate”) + -ius; literally, “ill-fated”. Compare the name Bonifātius.

Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Franco-Provençalmôvés
  • Franco-Provençalmôvé
  • Old Frenchmalvais
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Old Occitanmalvatz

Quick answers

What does malifātius mean in Latin?
malifātius, a adjective, means “unfortunate”.