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imprecatio

imprĕcātĭo (inpr-), ōnis, f. [imprecor],
  • an invoking of evil, imprecation (post-Aug.): exsecraris illum et caput sanctum tibi dira imprecatione defigis, curse, Sen. Ben. 6, 35, 1; id. Ep. 94, 52: imprecationes nefariae, Amm.29, 1, 25: dira, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45.—
  • II In late Lat., in a good sense, a prayer: pontificis, Hier. Ep. 130, n. 2.

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