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mălĭtĭa , ae, f. malus,
I.bad quality, badness.
I. Lit. (post-class.): “terrae malitia,” Pall. 1, 6: “arboris,” unfruitfulness, id. 11, 8.—
II. Trop., ill-will, spite, malice (class.): virtutis contraria est vitiositas: sic enim malo, quam malitiam, appellare eam, quam Graeci κακίαν appellant: “nam malitia certi cujusdam vitii nomen est: vitiositas omnium,” Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34: “est enim malitia versuta et fallax nocendi ratio,” id. N. D. 3, 30, 75; id. Rosc. Com. 16, 46: “per summam fraudem et malitiam,” id. Quint. 18, 56; id. Clu. 26, 70; “opp. to virtus: virtute, non malitia, P. Scipioni placuisse,” Sall. J. 22, 2.—With malus: “sine mala omni malitia,” Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 38.—In plur.: “collatio nostrarum malitiarum,” Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66: “everriculum malitiarum omnium,” Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74.—
B. Cunning, artfulness: “muliebris malitia adhibenda est mihi,” Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 23.—
C. Sometimes in a good sense, like our roguery, Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4: “tamen a malitia non discedis,” you do not desist from your roguery, id. Fam. 9, 19, 1.
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.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.19.1
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 15.26.4
    • Cicero, For Quintus Roscius the Actor, 16.46
    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 26.70
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 2.2
    • Plautus, Epidicus, 4.1
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 3.3
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 22
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.30
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 4.15
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