venefica

Italian

Adjective

venefica

1. feminine singular of venefico

Latin

Etymology

Substantive from venēficus (“poisonous; magical”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯eˈneː.fi.ka/, [u̯ɛˈneːfɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /veˈne.fi.ka/, [veˈnɛːfikä]

Noun

venēfica f (genitive venēficae); first declension

1. a sorceress, witch, (female) poisoner

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	venēfica	venēficae
genitive	venēficae	venēficārum
dative	venēficae	venēficīs
accusative	venēficam	venēficās
ablative	venēficā	venēficīs
vocative	venēfica	venēficae

Related terms

• venēficium
• venēficus

References

• “venefica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “venefica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• venefica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “venefica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers