뜻

1. 범죄, 악행, 잘못, 결점
2. 상처, 손해, 중상, 잘못
3. 기만, 사기, 협잡질

1. crime, misdeed, offence
2. injury, hurt, wrong
3. fraud, deception

예문

• se non maleficii causa ex provincia egressum, sed uti se a contumeliis inimicorum defenderet, ut tribunos plebis in ea re ex civitate expulsos in suam dignitatem restitueret, ut se et populum Romanum factione paucorum oppressum in libertatem vindicaret. (CAESAR, COMMENTARIORVM DE BELLO CIVILI, PRIMVS 22:8)

  (카이사르, 내란기, 1권 22:8)

• ceterum eadem uia multi rei cuiusuis maleficii postulabuntur, si ratum futurum est quod quisque in epistola sua uel amore uel odio cuiuspiam scripserit. (Apuleius, Apologia 77:8)

  (아풀레이우스, 변명 77:8)

• uenio nunc ad ipsum stirpem accusationis, ad ipsam causam maleficii. (Apuleius, Apologia 88:2)

  (아풀레이우스, 변명 88:2)

• Acerbitas plerumque ulciscendi maleficii bene atque caute vivendi disciplinast. (Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights, Liber Vicesimus, I 54:2)

  (아울루스 겔리우스, 아테네의 밤, , 54:2)

• Negotium istud arduum est, ratione injuriæet maleficii noviter commissi, et quia multa graviora in futurum hac occasionepossent contingere. (ALBERTANO OF BRESCIA, LIBER CONSOLATIONIS ET CONSILII 16:2)

  (, 16:2)

유의어 사전

1. Delictum and peccatum denote the lighter sort of offences; delictum, more the transgression of positive laws, from levity; peccatum (from παχύς), rather of the laws of nature and reason, from indiscretion. 2. A synonyme and as it were a circumlocution of the above words is malefactum; whereas maleficium and facinus involve a direct moral reference; maleficium is any misdeed which, as springing from evil intention, deserves punishment; but facinus, a crime which, in addition to the evil intention, excites astonishment and alarm from the extraordinary degree of daring requisite thereto. 3. There are as many sorts of evil deeds, as there are of duties, against oneself, against others, against the gods; flagitium (from βλαγίς) is an offence against oneself, against one’s own honor, by gluttony, licentiousness, cowardice; in short, by actions which are not the consequence of unbridled strength, but of moral weakness, as evincing ignavia, and incurring shame; whereas scelus (σκληρόν) is an offence against others, against the right of individuals, or the peace of society, by robbery, murder, and particularly by sedition, by the display, in short, of malice; nefas (ἄφατον) is an offence against the gods, or against nature, by blasphemy, sacrilege, murder of kindred, betrayal of one’s country; in short, by the display of impietas, an impious outrage. Tac. G. 12. (ii. 139.)

출처: Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein