maledictio

Latin

Etymology

From maledīcō (“I speak ill of”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdik.ti.oː/, [mäɫ̪ɛˈd̪ɪkt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.leˈdik.t͡si.o/, [mäleˈd̪ikt̪͡s̪io]

Noun

maledictiō f (genitive maledictiōnis); third declension

1. curse, evil speech
2. condemnation
3. slander

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maledictiō	maledictiōnēs
Genitive	maledictiōnis	maledictiōnum
Dative	maledictiōnī	maledictiōnibus
Accusative	maledictiōnem	maledictiōnēs
Ablative	maledictiōne	maledictiōnibus
Vocative	maledictiō	maledictiōnēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: maledicció
• → English: malediction
• → Middle French: malédiction
  • French: malédiction
    • → Romanian: maledicție
• → Old Irish: maldacht (see there for further descendants)
• → Italian: maledizione
• → Piedmontese: maledission
• → Portuguese: maldição
• → Sicilian: malidizziuni
• → Spanish: maldición

References

• “maledictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maledictio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maledictio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.