malivolus

mălĕvŏlus ( mălĭv- ), a, um, adj. [male-volo], 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.