maledicax

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Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mălĕdĭcax: (or separately, mălĕ dĭ-cax), ācis, adj. male-dicax,
I foul-mouthed, abusive, slanderous, reviling (ante- and postclass.): maledicax es, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 26. —
II Subst., a reviler, slanderer, Macr. S. 7, 3 med.>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mălĕdĭcāx¹⁶ ou mălĕ dĭcāx, ācis, médisant : Pl. Curc. 512 ; Macr. Sat. 7, 3.

Latin > German (Georges)

maledicāx, ācis (male u. dicax), schmähend, v. Pers., Plaut. Curc. 512. Macr. sat. 7, 3, 12: maledicaci dente alqm indesinenter rodere, Ps. Quint. tribun. Marian. 4. – Superl., Porphyr. Hor. de art. poët. 281.

Latin > English

maledicax (gen.), maledicacis ADJ :: slanderous; abusive; scurillous