malefactor
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- malefactour (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle English malefactour, from Late Latin malefactor, from Latin malefaciō, from male (“evilly”) + factus (“made or done”), past participle of facio (“I make or do”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
malefactor (plural malefactors)
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:criminal
- See also Thesaurus:villain
Antonyms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
criminal — see criminal
felon — see felon
evildoer
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *maledfaktōr, related to malefactus (perfect passive participle of malefaciō), corresponding to male (“evilly”) + factus (“made or done”), past participle of facio (“I make or do”). Used in Old Latin by Plautus and then more commonly in Late Latin.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ma.leˈfak.tor/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈfäkt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.leˈfak.tor/, [mäleˈfäkt̪or]
Noun edit
malefactor m (genitive malefactōris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | malefactor | malefactōrēs |
Genitive | malefactōris | malefactōrum |
Dative | malefactōrī | malefactōribus |
Accusative | malefactōrem | malefactōrēs |
Ablative | malefactōre | malefactōribus |
Vocative | malefactor | malefactōrēs |
Antonyms edit
Descendants edit
- Asturian: malfechor
- French: malfaiteur
- Friulian: malfatôr
- Galician: malfeitor
- Italian: malfattore
- Old Catalan: malfaytor
- Portuguese: malfeitor
- Sicilian: malfatturi
- Spanish: malhechor
- → Catalan: malfactor
- → English: malefactor
References edit
- “malefactor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- malefactor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- malefactor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette