malefico

See also: maléfico

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin maleficus.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

malefico (feminine malefica, masculine plural malefici, feminine plural malefiche)

1. evil, wicked
2. baleful, malign
3. dark (forces etc.)

Derived terms

• maleficamente

Anagrams

• famelico, fecalomi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maˈɫɛ.fɪ.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [maˈlɛː.fi.ko]

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

maleficō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of maleficus

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Latin maleficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin maleficō

From maleficus + -ō.

Verb

maleficō (present infinitive maleficāre, perfect active maleficāvī, supine maleficātum); first conjugation

1. (Medieval Latin) to enchant, ensorcell, bewitch

   Synonym: incantō

   • 1529, Domingo de Soto, Summule fratris Dominici Soto Segobiensis ordinis predicatorum artium magistri‎^[1], page 307:

     Sed tunc ſequeretur illam fiam/deus eſt ergo hec fia non eſt bona/ non ſe maleficare, cuius oppoſitu omnes concedunt

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1620, Henricus Institoris, Malleus Maleficarum‎^[2], page 37:

     An generatium potentiam ſeu actom Venereum impedire, & maleficare poſſent

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of maleficō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	maleficō		maleficās		maleficat		maleficāmus		maleficātis		maleficant
	imperfect	maleficābam		maleficābās		maleficābat		maleficābāmus		maleficābātis		maleficābant
	future	maleficābō		maleficābis		maleficābit		maleficābimus		maleficābitis		maleficābunt
	perfect	maleficāvī		maleficāvistī		maleficāvit		maleficāvimus		maleficāvistis		maleficāvērunt, maleficāvēre
	pluperfect	maleficāveram		maleficāverās		maleficāverat		maleficāverāmus		maleficāverātis		maleficāverant
	future perfect	maleficāverō		maleficāveris		maleficāverit		maleficāverimus		maleficāveritis		maleficāverint
passive	present	maleficor		maleficāris, maleficāre		maleficātur		maleficāmur		maleficāminī		maleficantur
	imperfect	maleficābar		maleficābāris, maleficābāre		maleficābātur		maleficābāmur		maleficābāminī		maleficābantur
	future	maleficābor		maleficāberis, maleficābere		maleficābitur		maleficābimur		maleficābiminī		maleficābuntur
	perfect	maleficātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	maleficātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	maleficātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	maleficem		maleficēs		maleficet		maleficēmus		maleficētis		maleficent
	imperfect	maleficārem		maleficārēs		maleficāret		maleficārēmus		maleficārētis		maleficārent
	perfect	maleficāverim		maleficāverīs		maleficāverit		maleficāverīmus		maleficāverītis		maleficāverint
	pluperfect	maleficāvissem		maleficāvissēs		maleficāvisset		maleficāvissēmus		maleficāvissētis		maleficāvissent
passive	present	maleficer		maleficēris, maleficēre		maleficētur		maleficēmur		maleficēminī		maleficentur
	imperfect	maleficārer		maleficārēris, maleficārēre		maleficārētur		maleficārēmur		maleficārēminī		maleficārentur
	perfect	maleficātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	maleficātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		maleficā		—		—		maleficāte		—
	future	—		maleficātō		maleficātō		—		maleficātōte		maleficantō
passive	present	—		maleficāre		—		—		maleficāminī		—
	future	—		maleficātor		maleficātor		—		—		maleficantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		maleficāre			maleficārī			maleficāns			—
future		maleficātūrum esse			maleficātum īrī			maleficātūrus			maleficandus
perfect		maleficāvisse			maleficātum esse			—			maleficātus
future perfect		—			maleficātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		maleficātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		maleficandī		maleficandō		maleficandum		maleficandō		maleficātum		maleficātū

Descendants

• Italian: maleficare
• Spanish: maleficar

References

• "maleficare", 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)