maledictum

Latin

Etymology

From maledīcō (“I speak ill of”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ma.leˈdik.tum/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈd̪ɪkt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.leˈdik.tum/, [mäleˈd̪ikt̪um]

Noun

maledictum n (genitive maledictī); second declension

  1. insult, taunt
    Synonym: contumelia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maledictum maledicta
Genitive maledictī maledictōrum
Dative maledictō maledictīs
Accusative maledictum maledicta
Ablative maledictō maledictīs
Vocative maledictum maledicta

Participle

maledictum

  1. inflection of maledictus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

Verb

maledictum

  1. accusative supine of maledīcō

References
  • “maledictum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “maledictum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • maledictum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to heap abuse on some one: maledictis aliquem onerare, lacerare
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