Latin

Noun

maleficium n ‎(genitive maleficiī); second declension

1. crime, misdeed, offence
2. injury, hurt, wrong
3. fraud, deception

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• French: maléfice

References

• maleficium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maleficium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MALEFICIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “maleficium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to return evil for good: benefacta maleficiis pensare
    
  • to return good for evil: maleficia benefactis remunerari
    
  • to return good for evil: pro maleficiis beneficia reddere
    
  • his guilty conscience gives him no rest: conscientiae maleficiorum stimulant aliquem