venefica

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Italian

Adjective

venefica

  1. feminine singular of venefico

Latin

Etymology

Substantive from venēficus (“poisonous; magical”).

Pronunciation

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

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
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