1. mălignus — Lewis & Short
mălignus, a, um, adj.for maligenus, malus, and gen-, root of gigno; cf. the opp. benignus,
I of an evil nature or disposition, ill-disposed, wicked, mischievous, malicious, spiteful, envious, malignant, malign (poet. and post-Aug.; syn.: invidus, malevolus, parcus).
I In gen.:
maligni caupones,Hor. S. 1, 5, 4:
magnaque numinibus vota exaudita malignis,unkind, Juv. 10, 111.—
Of inanim. and abstr. things: malignissima capita,Sen. Vit. Beat. 18:
litus,Luc. 8, 565:
portus,id. 5, 651:
leges,Ov. M. 10, 329:
votum,Cat. 67, 5:
verba,Manil. 4, 573:
mente malignā,Cat. 68, 37:
studia,Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 101:
vulgus,Hor. C. 2, 16, 40:
oculi,Verg. A. 5, 654.—
II In partic.
A Stingy, niggardly:
malignus, largus,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17.—Of favors, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 84: vagae ne parce malignus arenae ossibus particulam dare, Hor. C. 1, 28, 23.—Trop.:
fama,Ov. H. 16, 143:
in laudandis dictionibus,Quint. 2, 2, 6.—
B Transf.
1 Barren, unfruitful:
terra malignior ceteris,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 15:
colles,Verg. G. 2, 179.—
2 Scanty, insufficient, dim, petty, small, narrow:
ostium,too narrow, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27:
aditus,Verg. A. 11, 525:
ignis,Mart. 10, 96, 7:
lux,Verg. A. 6, 270:
conspecta est parva maligna Unda procul venā,Luc. 9, 500:
munus,Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—Hence, adv.: mălignē.
1 In gen., ill-naturedly, spitefully, enviously, malignantly (not in Cic. or Cæs.):
maledice ac maligne loqui,Liv. 45, 39.—Comp.:
malignius habitum esse sermonem,Curt. 8, 1, 8.—
2 In partic.
a Stingily, grudgingly:
ager maligne plebi divisus,Liv. 8, 12:
famem exstinguere,sparingly, Sen. Ep. 18, 9: non mihi fuit tam maligne, ut, etc., it has not gone so poorly with me that, etc., Cat. 10, 18:
dispensare,Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 7:
laudare,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 209.—Comp.:
dicis, malignius tecum egisse naturam,Sen. Ep. 44, 1.—
b Little, scantily:
terra eorum, quae seruntur, maligne admodum patiens,a very little, Mel. 2, 2:
apertus,Sen. Ben. 6, 34, 3:
virens,Plin. 34, 11, 26, § 112.