maledico

From Latin maledicus.

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

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

1. (literary) slanderous

   Synonyms: calunniatore, diffamatore, maldicente

• maledicamente

maledico m (plural maledici, feminine maledica)

1. slanderer

   Synonyms: malalingua, maldicente

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

maledico

1. first-person singular present indicative of maledire

• melodica

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdiː.koː/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈd̪iːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdi.ko/, [mäleˈd̪iːko]

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

¹Archaic.

• maledicāx

• “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