malifatius

Latin

Etymology

From malus (“bad”) +‎ fātum (“fate”) +‎ -ius; literally, “ill-fated”. Compare the name Bonifātius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

malifātius (feminine malifātia, neuter malifātium); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

  1. unfortunate
    • 4th c. CE, Epigraph from the Coemeterium Maius[1] :
      VRBICE ORFANE / ET MALIFATIE / Q. VIX. ANN. XXII. / IN PACE
      For the orphaned and unfortunate Urbica, who died at the age of twenty-two. [May she rest] in peace.[2]

Usage notes

Attested in French from ca. 1050 (Vie de saint Alexis)[3] and Occitan from the 12th century (works of Bernart de Ventadorn).[4]

Declension

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Descendants

(Shifted to the sense of 'bad' and 'evil'.)

References
  1. https://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/37493
  2. Haerle Philipp. 1955. Captivus, cattivo, chetif: Zur Einwirkung des Christentums auf die Terminologie der Moralbegriffe. Bern: Francke. Page 90.
  3. “mauvais”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  4. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “malifatius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 95
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