malevolus
ὀδοῦσι καὶ ὄνυξι καὶ πάσῃ μηχανῇ → tooth and nail | tooth, fang, and claw | in every possible way | by hook or by crook
Latin > English
malevolus malevola, malevolum ADJ :: spiteful, malevolent; ill-disposed; disaffected (L+S); envious
malevolus malevolus malevoli N M :: enemy/foe/ill-wisher; ill-disposed person
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mălĕvŏlus: (mălĭv-), a, um, adj. male-volo,
I ill-disposed towards any one, disaffected, envious, spiteful, malevolent.
I 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.—
II Substt.
A 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.—
B 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mălĕvŏlus¹³ (mălĭ-), a, um, mal disposé, envieux, malveillant : Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7 ; 3, 10, 10 ; Att. 7, 2, 7 || subst. m., personne mal intentionnée, jaloux : Cic. Balbo 56 ; Tusc. 4, 28 || subst. f., Pl. Pœn. 262.
Latin > German (Georges)
malevolus (malivolus), a, um (male u. volo), übelgesinnt gegen jmd., abgeneigt, gehässig, mißgünstig, alci, Cic.: in alqm, Cic.: summorum hominum malevoli de me sermones, Cic. – Superl. malevolentissimus, s. malevolens. – subst., malevolī, ōrum, m., Übelgesinnte, Mißgünstige, et invidi et malevoli et lividi, Cic. Tusc. 4, 28: omnium malevolorum, iniquorum, invidiosorum animos frangerem, Cic. Balb. 56: u. malevola, die Übelgesinnte, Mißgünstige, huius amica, mea inimica et malevola, Plaut. Poen. 393. – / Über die Schreibung malivolus s. Ritschl opusc. 2, 562. Wagner Ter. heaut. prol. 16.
