maledicus

mălĕdĭcus, a, um, adj. [maledico],

• foul-mouthed, abusive, scurrilous, slanderous (class.): conviciator maledicus, Cic. Mur. 6, 13: homines, Auct. Her. 2, 8, 12: maledicum esse in aliquem, Quint. 4, 1, 10. —Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things: civitas, Cic. Fl. 28, 48: lingua, Val. Max. 8, 9, 2: sermo, id. 7, 2, 6.—Hence, adv.: mă-lĕdĭcē, in a slanderous manner, abusively, scurrilously: maledice contumelioseque dicere, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; so, maledice ac maligne loqui, Liv. 45, 39, 16.

maledicus, a, um (maledico), lästernd, schmähend, schimpfend, homines, Cornif. rhet.: conviciator, Cic.: civitas, Cic.: sermo, Val. Max.: veteris comoediae maledica lingua, Val. Max. – maledicum esse in alqm, Quint. – Compar. u. Superl. von maledicens, w. s.

maledicus [CL] , that utters evil, evil-speaking: a (of person; also as sb. m.). b (of mouth or word). c (of abstr.). a 596 nec labor vos itineris nec ~orum hominum linguae deterreant (Lit. Papae) Bede HE I 23; quamvis ~i regnum Dei possidere non possint Ib. IV 24 p. 266; si quis ‥ maledicus ‥, iij annos peniteat Egb. Pen. 4; ? 1075 scias tamen dominum nostrum regem nullius detrahentis contra te verba recipere, sed potius contra omnes ~os regali te auctoritate defendere Lanfr. Ep. 58 (37); 1176 si ad caput nostrum Christum respicitis, nullius innocentiam ~us aut detractor acerbius impugnavit P. Blois Ep. 100. 311C; si ‥ in apparencia religiosum se ostendit [rex] et in operibus sit malidicus vel malefactor ‥ a Deo reprobabitur Bacon V 47.  b p1208 ora ‥ ~a Gir. Ep. 1 p. 156.  c 1408 hoc ~um schisma ‥ noscitur perdurasse Conc. III 307a; schisma ~um quod per xxx annos et ultra in ecclesia ‥ perduravit Ib. 308b.

mălĕdĭcus, (13) a, um (maledico), médisant : Cic. Fin. 1, 61 ; Mur. 13 ; Fl. 48 || comp. et superl., c. maledicens.

maledicus , a, um. adj. c. centior. s. centissimus.
善謗人。壞人名者。

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maledicus adj.with sup.

• maledico, abusive, scurrilous, slanderous: conviciator: civitas: in maledicentissimā civitate.