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malefici

malefici is a Latin form of maleficium, meaning “evil deed, crime; harm”. It is the genitive singular neuter noun.

Found 28 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro S. Roscio Amerino 18: … ditur ad balneas Pallacinas rediens a cena Sex. Roscius. spero ex hoc ipso non esse obscurum ad quem suspicio malefici pertineat; verum id quod adhuc est suspiciosum nisi perspicuum res ipsa fecerit, hunc adfinem culpae iudicato …

All forms of maleficium (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.