(verb) : mălĕdīco (or separately, mălĕ dīco;
* Rarely in reverse order: qui bonis dicunt male,Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 10; cf. id. Trin. 4, 2, 79), xi. ctum, 3, and a. [male-dico], to speak ill of, to abuse, revile, slander, asperse; constr. absol., or with a dat. (so class.) or acc. (post-Aug.).
* Absol.: aliud est maledicere, aliud accusare,Cic. Cael. 3, 6.
* Esp., to curse, utter a curse upon (eccl. Lat.): populo huic,Vulg. Num. 22, 6 al.—Hence
* With acc.: si me amas, maledic illam,Petr. 96; v. id. 74.
* In gen. (class.): maledicta in aliquem dicere,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2: in vitam alicujus conicere,id. Planc. 12, 31: maledictis figere aliquem,id. N. D. 1, 34, 93: maledicta in aliquem conferre,id. Att. 11, 8, 2: quod crimen (i. e. majestatis) non solum facto, sed et verbis impiis ac maledictis maxime exacerbatur,Paul. Sent. 5, 29, 1.
* In partic., a curse, imprecation: esse in maledictis jam antiquis strigem, convenit,Plin. 11, 39, 95, § 232: scribere maledicta,Vulg. Num. 5, 23.
* Transf., a cursed thing: Christus factus pro nobis maledictum,Vulg. Gal. 3, 13: maledictum non erit amplius,id. Apoc. 22, 3.

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