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malevolens

malevolens · adj

ill-disposed, disaffected, envious, spiteful, malevolent

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Where it lives

Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
Bacchides 1 · 1.01/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 2 · 0.17/10k

What it meant

mălĕvŏlens — Lewis & Short

mălĕvŏlens (mălĭvŏl-), entis, adj.male-volens,

I ill-disposed, disaffected, envious, spiteful, malevolent (very rare, and in posit. ante-class.): est miserorum ut malevolentes sint, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 51: ingenium, id. Bacch. 4, 3, 4.—Sup.: malevolentissimae obtrectationes, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 7; 1, 9. 17.—As subst.: mălĕvŏlens, entis, m., a spiteful person, an enemy: jam meo malost quod malevolentes gaudeant, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67: (manu) malam rem mittunt malevolentibus, id. Ps. 4, 2, 49.

In the wild

malevolentissimis Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 1.7.7
malevolentes Plautus, Captivi 3.4
malevolentissimum Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 1.9.17
malevolente Plautus, Bacchides 4.3
malevolentes Plautus, Stichus 2.2

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