maledicus

ἄμεινον γὰρ ἑαυτῷ φυλάττειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν τοῦ ἑτέρων ἀφαιρεῖσθαι → for it is better to guard one's own freedom than to deprive another of his

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maledicus maledica, maledicum ADJ :: slanderous; abusive; scurillous; evil-speaking; (of persons/remarks)

mălĕdĭcus: a, um, adj. maledico,
I foul-mouthed, abusive, scurrilous, slanderous (class.): conviciator maledicus, Cic. Mur. 6, 13: homines, Auct. Her. 2, 8, 12: maledicum esse in aliquem, Quint. 4, 1, 10. —Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things: civitas, Cic. Fl. 28, 48: lingua, Val. Max. 8, 9, 2: sermo, id. 7, 2, 6.—Hence, adv.: mă-lĕdĭcē, in a slanderous manner, abusively, scurrilously: maledice contumelioseque dicere, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; so, maledice ac maligne loqui, Liv. 45, 39, 16.

mălĕdĭcus,¹³ a, um (maledico), médisant : Cic. Fin. 1, 61 ; Mur. 13 ; Fl. 48 || comp. et superl., c. maledicens.

maledicus, a, um (maledico), lästernd, schmähend, schimpfend, homines, Cornif. rhet.: conviciator, Cic.: civitas, Cic.: sermo, Val. Max.: veteris comoediae maledica lingua, Val. Max. – maledicum esse in alqm, Quint. – Compar. u. Superl. von maledicens, w. s.

maledicus, a, um. adj. c. centior. s. centissimus. :: 善謗人。壞人名者