maledicax

Latin

Etymology

From maledīcō (“slander, curse”) +‎ -āx.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maˈle.di.kaːks/, [mäˈɫ̪ɛd̪ɪkäːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈle.di.kaks/, [mäˈlɛːd̪ikäks]

Adjective

maledicāx (genitive maledicācis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. foul-mouthed, abusive, slanderous, reviling

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	maledicāx			maledicācēs	maledicācia
Genitive	maledicācis			maledicācium
Dative	maledicācī			maledicācibus
Accusative	maledicācem	maledicāx		maledicācēs	maledicācia
Ablative	maledicācī			maledicācibus
Vocative	maledicāx			maledicācēs	maledicācia

Noun

maledicāx m (genitive maledicācis); third declension

1. a reviler, slanderer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maledicāx	maledicācēs
Genitive	maledicācis	maledicācum
Dative	maledicācī	maledicācibus
Accusative	maledicācem	maledicācēs
Ablative	maledicāce	maledicācibus
Vocative	maledicāx	maledicācēs

References

• “maledicax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maledicax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.