adjective

mălĕvŏlus

fem. mălĕvŏla · neut. mălĕvŏlum

(), , male-volo

ill-disposed; disaffected, envious, spiteful, malevolent

ill-disposed towards any one, disaffected, envious, spiteful, malevolent.

in by extension •

Adj. with dat., or in with acc. (class.): si omnibus est malevolus, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7: Cato in me turpiter fuit malevolus, id. Att. 7, 2, 7.—Transf., of things: sermones, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10.—

Substt

Substt.

an ill-disposed person, a foe, an enemy •

Mă-lĕvŏlus, i, m., an ill-disposed person, a foe, an enemy: omnium malevolorum, iniquorum, invidiosorum animos frangerem, Cic. Balb. 25, 56: et invidi et malevoli et lividi, id. Tusc. 4, 12, 28.—

a female enemy, foe; adv., malevolently •

Mălĕvŏla, ae, f., a female enemy, foe: mea inimica et malevola, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 181.—Hence, mălĕvŏlē, adv., malevolently (late Lat.), Aug. in Psa. 68, Serm. 27.

Perseus ID: n27724 Key: malevolus