maledico

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin maledicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈlɛ.di.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɛdiko
• Hyphenation: ma‧lè‧di‧co

Adjective

maledico (feminine maledica, masculine plural maledici, feminine plural malediche)

1. (literary) slanderous

   Synonyms: calunniatore, diffamatore, maldicente

Derived terms

• maledicamente

Noun

maledico m (plural maledici, feminine maledica)

1. slanderer

   Synonyms: malalingua, maldicente

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdi.ko/
• Rhymes: -iko
• Hyphenation: ma‧le‧dì‧co

Verb

maledico

1. first-person singular present indicative of maledire

Anagrams

• melodica

Latin

Etymology

From male (“wickedly, badly”) +‎ dīcō (“say, speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ma.ɫɛˈdiː.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ma.leˈdiː.ko]

Verb

maledīcō (present infinitive maledīcere, perfect active maledīxī, supine maledictum); third conjugation, irregular short imperative

1. to slander, speak ill of
2. to curse

   Synonyms: īnsultō, exsecror, obloquor, compello, pulsō, intrahō, invehō, incessō

   Antonym: benedīcō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of maledīcō (third conjugation, irregular short imperative)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	maledīcō		maledīcis		maledīcit		maledīcimus		maledīcitis		maledīcunt
	imperfect	maledīcēbam		maledīcēbās		maledīcēbat		maledīcēbāmus		maledīcēbātis		maledīcēbant
	future	maledīcam		maledīcēs		maledīcet		maledīcēmus		maledīcētis		maledīcent
	perfect	maledīxī		maledīxistī		maledīxit		maledīximus		maledīxistis		maledīxērunt, maledīxēre
	pluperfect	maledīxeram		maledīxerās		maledīxerat		maledīxerāmus		maledīxerātis		maledīxerant
	future perfect	maledīxerō		maledīxeris		maledīxerit		maledīxerimus		maledīxeritis		maledīxerint
passive	present	maledīcor		maledīceris, maledīcere		maledīcitur		maledīcimur		maledīciminī		maledīcuntur
	imperfect	maledīcēbar		maledīcēbāris, maledīcēbāre		maledīcēbātur		maledīcēbāmur		maledīcēbāminī		maledīcēbantur
	future	maledīcar		maledīcēris, maledīcēre		maledīcētur		maledīcēmur		maledīcēminī		maledīcentur
	perfect	maledictus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	maledictus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	maledictus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	maledīcam		maledīcās		maledīcat		maledīcāmus		maledīcātis		maledīcant
	imperfect	maledīcerem		maledīcerēs		maledīceret		maledīcerēmus		maledīcerētis		maledīcerent
	perfect	maledīxerim		maledīxerīs		maledīxerit		maledīxerīmus		maledīxerītis		maledīxerint
	pluperfect	maledīxissem		maledīxissēs		maledīxisset		maledīxissēmus		maledīxissētis		maledīxissent
passive	present	maledīcar		maledīcāris, maledīcāre		maledīcātur		maledīcāmur		maledīcāminī		maledīcantur
	imperfect	maledīcerer		maledīcerēris, maledīcerēre		maledīcerētur		maledīcerēmur		maledīcerēminī		maledīcerentur
	perfect	maledictus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	maledictus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		maledīc, maledīce		—		—		maledīcite		—
	future	—		maledīcitō		maledīcitō		—		maledīcitōte		maledīcuntō
passive	present	—		maledīcere		—		—		maledīciminī		—
	future	—		maledīcitor		maledīcitor		—		—		maledīcuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		maledīcere			maledīcī			maledīcēns			—
future		maledictūrum esse			maledictum īrī			maledictūrus			maledīcendus, maledīcundus
perfect		maledīxisse			maledictum esse			—			maledictus
future perfect		—			maledictum fore			—			—
perfect potential		maledictūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		maledīcendī		maledīcendō		maledīcendum		maledīcendō		maledictum		maledictū

Derived terms

• maledicē
• maledīcēns
• maledīcentia
• maledictiō
• maledictitō
• maledictor
• maledictum
• maledictus
• maledicus

Related terms

• maledicāx

Descendants

• Albanian: mallkoj
• Catalan: maleir
• English: maledict
• Old French: maldire, maudire, maleïr (Anglo-Norman and Picard), maleoir (rare)
  • Middle French: mauldire, maléir
    • French: maudire, maléir (dialectal)
• Friulian: maledî, maludî
• Galician: maldicir
• Italian: maledire
• Old Occitan: maladiser
  • Occitan: malasir (Languedoc), maladíser (Gascony), maladir (Gascony)
• Piedmontese: maledì
• Portuguese: maldizer
• Sardinian: maledixi, maledíxiri, maleíchere, maleíghere, malaíghere
• Sicilian: malidiri, malidìciri
• Spanish: maldecir
• Welsh: melltith

References

• “maledico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maledico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers