pestilens

Latin > English

pestilens (gen.), pestilentis ADJ :: pestilential, unhealthy, unwholesome; destructive

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pestĭlens: entis, adj. pestis,
I pestilential, infected, unhealthy, unwholesome (class.).
I Lit.: loci (opp. salubres), Cic. Fat. 4, 7: pestilens et gravis aspiratio, id. Div. 1, 57, 130: Africus, Hor. C. 3, 23, 5: aedes, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54.—With dat.: annus urbi, Liv. 3, 6: aestas animalibus, id. 5, 16. —Comp.: fundus pestilentior, Varr. R. R. 1, 4: annus, Liv. 4, 21.—Sup.: gravissimus et pestilentissimus annus, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 4. —
II Trop., pestilent, noxious, destructive (class.): homo pestilentior patriā suā, Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1: pestilens collegae munus esse, Liv. 2, 71: invidia, Sen. Hippol. 489. —Subst.: pestĭlens, entis, m., a pestilent fellow, Vulg. 1 Macc. 15, 3.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pestĭlēns,¹¹ tis (pestis),
1 pestilentiel, empesté, insalubre, malsain : Cic. Fato 7 ; Div. 1, 130 ; Off. 3, 54 ; -tissimus annus Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 4, année toute chargée d’épidémies
2 [fig.] pernicieux, funeste : -tior Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1.

Latin > German (Georges)

pestilēns, entis (pestis), I) verpestet, der Gesundheit schädlich, ungesund, verseucht (Ggstz. salubris), aër, Vitr.: locus, Cic.: aedes, Cic.: aspiratio, Cic.: annus pestilentior, Liv.: annus pestilentissimus, Cic. – m. Dat. comm., annus pestilens urbi etc., Liv. – II) übtr. aktiv, Unheil stiftend, unheilvoll, schädlich, verderblich, munus, Liv.: homo pestilentior, Cic.