maledicentia

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Latin

Etymology

From present participle maledīcēns (“slandering, cursing”) +‎ -ia, from maledīcō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.le.diːˈken.ti.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.le.diˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/,

Noun

maledīcentia f (genitive maledīcentiae); first declension

an evil-speaking, abuse, scurrilousness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	maledīcentia	maledīcentiae
genitive	maledīcentiae	maledīcentiārum
dative	maledīcentiae	maledīcentiīs
accusative	maledīcentiam	maledīcentiās
ablative	maledīcentiā	maledīcentiīs
vocative	maledīcentia	maledīcentiae

Descendants

Catalan: maledicència
Italian: maldicenza
Piedmontese: maldicensa
Sicilian: malidicenzia

Participle

maledīcentia

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of maledīcēns

References

“maledicentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
maledicentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
maledicentia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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