malefacio
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mălĕfăcĭo: (or separately, mălĕ fă-cio), fēci, factum, 3, v. n. male-facio,
I to do evil, harm, mischief to any one, to injure: alicui, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 11: neque tu verbis solves umquam, quod mi re male feceris, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 10: tibi, Vulg. 1 Reg. 26, 21.—With contra: malefacere omnia contra aliquem, Vulg. Jer. 38, 9.—Hence, mălĕfactum (or separately, mălĕ factum; sync., malfactum, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 185; v. Ritschl, Opusc. 2, p. 720 sq.), i, n., an evil deed, injury: benefacta male locata malefacta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v. 429 Vahl.): augere, Cic. Inv. 2, 36, 108.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mălĕfăcĭō,¹² plutôt mălĕ făcĭō, fēcī, factum, ĕre, intr., faire du tort, nuire, alicui, à qqn : Pl. Mil. 166 || avec acc. adv. du pron. n. : Ter. Ad. 164.
Latin > German (Georges)
male-facio, fēcī, factum, ere, Böses zufügen (Ggstz. bene facere), alci, Plaut. mil. 166. Vulg. 1. regg. 26, 21 u.a.: neque tu verbis solves umquam, quod mihi re malefecisti, Ter. adelph. 164 (in den neueren Ausgaben getrennt malefecisti). – / Passiv, synkop. malfīō, wovon malfiunt, Cass. Fel. 41. p. 94, 5. Cael. Aur. salut. praec. 89: malfactus, Ven. Fortun. carm. 5, 6, 27.
Latin > English
malefacio malefacere, malefeci, malefactus V INTRANS :: do evil/wrong/harm/injury/mischief; act wickedly
