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malevolentia

malevolentia · f

ill-will, evil disposition

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Where it lives

De Vita Beata 3 · 4.13/10k
Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Postumo 1 · 2.46/10k
Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 1 · 2.41/10k
Commentariolum Petitionis 1 · 2.3/10k
Catilina 2 · 1.87/10k
Pro L. Cornelio Balbo 1 · 1.47/10k
Letters to and from Quintus 2 · 1.09/10k
Pro Cn. Plancio 1 · 0.86/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 7 · 0.6/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 3 · 0.53/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

mălĕvŏlentīa — Lewis & Short

mălĕvŏlentīa (mălĭv-), ae, f.malevolens,

I ill-will, evil disposition towards any one, dislike, hatred, envy, malevolence (class.): malevolentia est voluptas ex malo alterius sine emolumento suo, Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 20: malevolentia in ceteros, id. Fam. 1, 9, 22: obtrectatio et malevolentia, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 15: malevolentia et invidia, Sall. C. 3, 2: vicinitas non infuscata malevolentia, Cic. Planc. 9, 22.

In the wild

malevolentiae Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 11.11.2
malivolentiae Cicero, Pro L. Cornelio Balbo 18
malevolentia Quintus Cicero, Commentariolum Petitionis p22
malevolentia Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 2.17.7
malevolentia Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 11.27.7
malivolentia Cicero, Pro Cn. Plancio 22

6 of 26 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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