invidia

invĭdĭa, ae, f. [invidus], envy, grudge, jealousy, act. and pass.; cf.:

ut effugiamus ambiguum nomen invidiae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 20:

quoniam invidia non in eo qui invidet solum dicitur, sed etiam in eo cui invidetur,

id. ib. 4, 7, 16; Quint. 6, 2, 21 (whereas invidentia is only act.; class.).

I.

Act., envy jealousy, ill-will. —With gen. of person envying:

invidiā ducum perfidiāque militum Antigono est deditus,

Nep. Eum. 10:

nobilium,

Liv. 9, 46.—With gen. of obj.:

invidia atque obtrectatio laudis suae,

Caes. B. G. 1, 7:

divitiarum,

Liv. 10, 3. More freq. absol.:

invidia adducti,

Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

invidiam sequi,

Sall. J. 55, 3:

virtus digna imitatione, non invidiā,

Cic. Phil. 14, 6:

invidia Siculi non invenere tyranni majus tormentum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 58; Verg. G. 3, 38; Liv. 9, 46. —

B.

Esp., in phrases: sine invidia, without ill-will, ungrudgingly:

laudem invenire,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 39:

dare oscula,

willingly, with pleasure, Mart. 3, 65, 10.—

C.

Transf., an object of envy or illwill:

invidiae fucinus,

Prop. 1, 12, 9.—

II.

Pass., envy, ill-will, odium, unpopularity:

ne quae me illius temporis invidia attingeret,

Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10:

in invidia esse,

id. Div. in Caecil. 14; Sall. J. 25, 5:

in invidiam invidia magna esse,

Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 41:

habere,

to be hated, Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 283:

reformidare,

id. Rab. Post. 17, 48:

in summam invidiam adducere,

id. Fam. 1, 1, 4:

extinguere,

id. Balb. 6, 16:

in eum... invidia quaesita est,

id. Rab. Post. 17, 46:

invidiam placare paras, virtute relictā,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 13: non erit invidiae victoria nostra ferendae, not sufficient to endure, i. e. not so great as to justify so odious a result, Ov. M. 10, 628; cf. id. Am. 3, 6, 21:

venire in invidiam,

Nep. Epam. 7, 3:

invidiā onerare quemquam,

Suet. Tib. 8:

cumulare alicui invidiam,

id. Ner. 34:

conflare,

Liv. 3, 12:

invidiae alicui esse,

Cic. Cat. 1, 9:

invidiam a se removere,

Ov. M. 12, 626:

sedare,

Cic. Clu. 33:

lenire,

Sall. C. 22:

pati,

Ov. H. 20, 67: intacta invidiā media sunt: ad summa [p. 996] ferme tendit, Liv. 45, 35, 5:

Ciceronis,

the unpopularity of, Sall. C. 22, 3:

Caesaris,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 53; Suet. Rhet. 6:

fraterna,

Sall. J. 39, 5:

Decemviralis,

Liv. 3, 43.—

Esp., in phrase: absit invidia verbo,

to be said without boasting, Liv. 9, 19, 15; 36, 7, 7.— Plur.:

vita remota a procellis invidiarum,

Cic. Clu, 56, 153; Amm. 17, 5.