maleficus

== Latin == === Etymology === Derived from male (“badly, wrongly”) +‎ -ficus (suffix denoting making or doing). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maˈɫɛ.fɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [maˈlɛː.fi.kus] === Noun === maleficus m (genitive maleficī); second declension doer of wrong, evildoer, criminal (person) sorcerer, magician ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== maleficō === Adjective === maleficus (feminine malefica, neuter maleficum); first/second-declension adjective wicked, vicious criminal ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== malefaciō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “maleficus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “maleficus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "maleficus", 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) “maleficus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.