maledicax
γλῶσσα μὲν ἀνόστεος, ὀστέα δὲ θλάττει → angry words are bullets, many words hurt more than swords, one can kill with a word, one can kill with words, pen is mightier than the sword, the pen is mightier than the sword, tongue is not steel, tongue is sharper than any sword, tongue wounds more than a lance, word can hurt, word can kill, words are bullets, words are the greatest weapon, words are the new weapons, words are weapons, words can hurt, words can hurt more than swords, words can kill, words cut deeper than a knife, words cut deeper than any sword
Latin > English
maledicax (gen.), maledicacis ADJ :: slanderous; abusive; scurillous
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 > Chinese
maledicax, acis. adj. :: 言是非者
Translations
foul-mouthed
Arabic: بَذِيء اللِّسَان; Catalan: malparlat, renegaire, llenguallarg; Danish: grov i munden; English: bawdy, foulmouth, foulmouthed, foul-mouthed, foul-spoken, gutter mouth, guttermouth, obscene, pottymouthed, potty-mouthed, scurrilous, smutty; Finnish: rääväsuinen; French: mal embouché; German: unflätig, mit Schimpfwörtern um sich werfend; Greek: αθυρόστομος, αισχρολόγος, βωμολόχος, χυδαιολόγος, βρωμόστομος; Ancient Greek: αἰσχεόμυθος, αἰσχεορήμων, αἰσχεόφημος, αἰσχροεπής, αἰσχρολόγος, αἰσχρορρήμων, αἰσχρόστομος, βρωμολόγος, κακοστόματος, κακόστομος, κακόφημος, μιαρόγλωσσος, στόμαργος; Italian: sboccato, scurrile; Latin: maledicax; Norwegian Bokmål: rappkjeftet; Polish: niewyparzony; Portuguese: desbocado; Scots: roch; Spanish: malhablado, desbocado, deslenguado, lenguaraz; Tagalog: palamura; Westrobothnian: fulmönt
