The corpus record — Latin

malefacio

malefacio · v. n

to do evil, harm, mischief

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Where it lives

De Patientia 1 · 2.21/10k
Epidicus 1 · 1.54/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Trinummus 1 · 1.02/10k
Andria 1 · 1.02/10k
Adelphi 1 · 1.01/10k
Phormio 1 · 0.92/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
De Ira 1 · 0.45/10k
De Inventione 1 · 0.3/10k
Annales 2 · 0.23/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

mălĕfăcĭo — Lewis & Short

mălĕfăcĭo (or separately, mălĕ fă-cio), fēci, factum, 3, v. n.male-facio,

I to do evil, harm, mischief to any one, to injure: alicui, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 11: neque tu verbis solves umquam, quod mi re male feceris, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 10: tibi, Vulg. 1 Reg. 26, 21.—With contra: malefacere omnia contra aliquem, Vulg. Jer. 38, 9.—Hence, mălĕfactum (or separately, mălĕ factum; sync., malfactum, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 185; v. Ritschl, Opusc. 2, p. 720 sq.), i, n., an evil deed, injury: benefacta male locata malefacta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v. 429 Vahl.): augere, Cic. Inv. 2, 36, 108.

In the wild

malefacere Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 2.4
malefactum Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1.9.6
malefaciant Terence, Phormio 2.3
malefeci Plautus, Epidicus 5.2
malefacta Plautus, Asinaria 3.2
malefacere Tertullian, De Patientia 6

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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