malitia
χλανίσι δὲ δὴ φαναῖσι περιπεπεµµένοι καὶ µαστίχην τρώγοντες, ὄζοντες µύρου. τὸ δ’ ὅλον οὐκ ἐπίσταµαι ἐγὼ ψιθυρίζειν, οὐδὲ κατακεκλασµένος πλάγιον ποιήσας τὸν τράχηλον περιπατεῖν, ὥσπερ ἑτέρους ὁρῶ κιναίδους ἐνθάδε πολλοὺς ἐν ἄστει καὶ πεπιττοκοπηµένους → Dressed up in bright clean fine cloaks and nibbling pine-thistle, smelling of myrrh. But I do not at all know how to whisper, nor how to be enervated, and make my neck go back and forth, just as I see many others, kinaidoi, here in the city, do, and waxed with pitch-plasters.
Latin > English
malitia malitiae N F :: ill will, malice; wickedness; vice, fault
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mălĭtĭa,¹⁰ æ, f. (malus 1),
1 mauvaise qualité, stérilité : Pall. 1, 6, 7 ; 11, 8, 3
2 nature mauvaise, méchante, malignité, méchanceté : Cic. Tusc. 4, 34 ; Nat. 3, 75 ; Quinct. 56
3 malice, ruse, finesse : sine mala malitia Pl. Aul. 215, sans mauvaise malice, cf. Pl. Epid. 546 ; Cic. Att. 15, 26 ; Fam. 9, 19, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
malitia, ae, f. (malus, a, um), die schlechte Beschaffenheit; dah. I) die Schlechtigkeit, Nichtswürdigkeit, schlechte Denk- u. Handlungsweise, Bosheit (Ggstz. bonitas, virtus), 1) im allg., Plaut., Ter., Cic., Sall. u.a. (s. Fabri Sall. Iug. 22, 2): arguta mal., Lact.: cui inoffensa tot imperatorum malitia fuit, Tac. – Plur., Plaut. mil. 942. Acc. tr. 694. Turpil. com. 157. – 2) insbes., das hinterlistige, schelmische, schurkische Benehmen, die Schelmerei, Schurkerei, Arglist, Tücke, in Rechtsangelegenheiten, Komik. u. Cic.: verb. perfidia et malitia, Cic.: ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit, Cic.: Plur., everriculum malitiarum omnium, Cic. – dah. scherzh., nisi tua malitia afuisset, Cic.: indicabo malitiam meam, Civ.: tamen a malitia non discedis, daß du doch deine Schalkheit nicht lassen kannst, Cic. – II) übtr., die üble, schlechte Beschaffenheit einer Sache, arboris, Unfruchtbarkeit, Pallad.: terrae, Pallad.
