maledicus

== Latin == === Etymology === From male (“ill”) + -dicus (“-saying”).; compare maledīcō (“slander, curse”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maˈɫɛ.dɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maˈlɛː.di.kus] === Adjective === maledicus (feminine maledica, neuter maledicum, comparative maledīcentior, superlative maledīcentissimus); first/second-declension adjective slanderous Antonym: benedicus abusive scurrilous ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “maledicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “maledicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "maledicus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “maledicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.