Malleus Maleficarum: Vocabulary for Assessment

Daemon, Daemonis m.

(the) Devil

Propter + Acc. Case

Because of, on account of

Insidia, insidiae f.

Trap, ambush, deception

Voluntas, voluntatis f.

Wish, will

alter, altera, alterum

another, other

ullus, -a, -um

any

Quasī

as if, just like

Denique

at last, finally

Multitudō, multitudinis f.

crowd, great number, multitude

exemplum, exemplī n.

example

nisī

except

Fidēs, fideī f.

faith, trust, faithfulness

enim

for, because

ait

he/she/it says

Aestus, aestūs m.

heat, heat wave, wave

levis, levis, leve

light, weightless

fermē

nearly, almost

nunquam/numquam

never

seu

or

Pronus, prona, pronum

prone, apt

Ratiō, rationis f.

reason, reasoning, rationale

Costa, costae f.

rib

Vix

scarcely, barely

Quia

since, because

Lubricus, lubrica, lubricum

slippery

Scilicet

surely, certainly, of course

sententia, sententiae f.

thinking, thought, idea

Instruō, instruere, instrūxī, instrūctus

to build, equip, set up

Decipiō, decipere, decēpī, deceptus

to deceive, trick

Reperiō, reperīre, repperī, repertus

to discover, find; learn

Metuō, metuere, metuī, --

to fear, be afraid

Odiō, odīre, odīvī, --

to hate, dislike

Celō, celāre, celāvī, celātus

to hide

sciō, scīre, scīvī, scītus

to know

Quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus

to search for, ask, look for

videor, vidērī, visus sum

to seem

Torqueō, torquēre, torsī, tortus

to twist, turn

intellegō, intellegere, intellexī, intellectus

to understand

Plorō, plorāre, plorāvī, plorātus

to weep, cry

speciēs, specieī f.

type, kind, species

Telum, telī n.

weapon

Malefica, maleficae f.

witch

mulier, mulieris f.

woman