I.ill-disposed, disaffected, envious, spiteful, malevolent (very rare, and in posit. ante-class.): “est miserorum ut malevolentes sint,” Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 51: “ingenium,” id. Bacch. 4, 3, 4.—Sup.: “malevolentissimae obtrectationes,” Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 7; 1, 9. 17.—As subst.: mălĕvŏlens , entis, m., a spiteful person, an enemy: “jam meo malost quod malevolentes gaudeant,” Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67: “(manu) malam rem mittunt malevolentibus,” id. Ps. 4, 2, 49.
mălĕvŏlens (mălĭvŏl- ), entis, adj. male-volens,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.
hide
Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
