venefica

Italian

Adjective

venefica

  1. feminine singular of venefico

Latin

Etymology

Substantive from venēficus (“poisonous; magical”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /weˈneː.fi.ka/, [wɛˈneː.fɪ.ka]

Noun

venēfica f (genitive venēficae); first declension

  1. a sorceress, witch

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative venēfica venēficae
genitive venēficae venēficārum
dative venēficae venēficīs
accusative venēficam venēficās
ablative venēficā venēficīs
vocative venēfica venēficae

References

  • venefica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • venefica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • venefica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • venefica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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