The corpus record — Latin

veneficus

veneficus · adj

poisoning

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Where it lives

Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
De Pudicitia 3 · 2.23/10k
Eunuchus 2 · 1.84/10k
Rudens 2 · 1.69/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
Pro A. Cluentio 3 · 1.44/10k
Truculentus 1 · 1.22/10k
Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k
Pseudolus 1 · 0.9/10k
In L. Catilinam 1 · 0.8/10k
Amores 1 · 0.64/10k
Pro P. Sestio 1 · 0.6/10k

Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vĕnēfĭcus — Lewis & Short

vĕnēfĭcus, a, um, adj.venenum-facio,

I poisoning, poisonous; sorcerous, magic, magical.

I Adj.: verba, Ov. M. 14, 365: artes, Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 17: aspectus, id. 28, 3, 6, § 30: chamaeleon, Sol. 25 med.: percussor, Curt. 4, 11, 18.—

II Substt.: vĕnēfĭ-cus, i, m., a poisoner, sorcerer, wizard; and vĕnēfĭca, ae, f., a sorceress, witch, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7; id. Inv. 2, 19, 58; Quint. 9, 2, 105; Sen. Ira, 1, 16, 1; id. Ben. 5, 13, 4; Quint. 7, 8, 2; Hor. Epod. 5, 71; Ov. H. 6, 19; id. M. 7, 316 (of Medea); Sen. Ep. 9, 6.— Fem., as a term of abuse, Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 7; Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 9; Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 11, 25.

In the wild

6 of 51 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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