See maleficium in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "flāgitium"
},
{
"word": "malum"
},
{
"word": "dēlinquentia"
},
{
"word": "commissum"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "beneficium"
},
{
"word": "favor"
}
],
"glosses": [
"injury, hurt"
],
"links": [
[
"injury",
"injury"
],
[
"hurt",
"hurt"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "damnum"
},
{
"word": "incommoditās"
},
{
"word": "dētrīmentum"
},
{
"word": "calamitās"
},
{
"word": "iniūria"
},
{
"word": "vulnus"
},
{
"word": "noxa"
},
{
"word": "fraus"
},
{
"word": "pauperiēs"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"fraud, deception"
],
"links": [
[
"fraud",
"fraud"
],
[
"deception",
"deception"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dēceptiō"
},
{
"word": "fraus"
},
{
"word": "dolus"
},
{
"word": "perfidia"
},
{
"word": "stratēgēma"
},
{
"word": "ars"
}
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"harmful sorcery, black magic (post-Augustinian)"
],
"links": [
[
"sorcery",
"sorcery"
],
[
"black magic",
"black magic"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "maleficium"
}
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