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“ill-will” in Latin
malignitāsspite, malice, malignity; stinginess, niggardliness, meannessmalevolentiamalevolence, hatred, dislike, envyinclūdōto shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in; to obstruct, restrain, hinder; to limit, controlāvertōto turn away, turn off, avert; to avoid, divert, deviate; to remove; to steal, embezzle, appropriate to oneself
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ill-will
malignitas (the ill-will which grudges good to another, and wishes it only to itself, from pure selfishness): malevolentia (the ill-will which wishes evil to another rather than good, from personal aversion. malignitas is a despicable disposition, which implies the want of philanthropy; malevolentia, a hateful quality, as connected with deriving pleasure from the misfortunes of others; Döderlein): odium occultum or inclusum (secret hatred or grudge): simultas obscura (secret dislike, bringing persons into collision, etc., especially caused by political rivalry): animus alienus or aversus (antipathy to, dislike of). To bear ill-will against anybody, alicui or in aliquem malevolum esse (Cic.); odium occultum gerere adversus aliquem (after Plin., 8, 18, 26); ab aliquo animo esse averso or alieno: they bear each other ill-will, simultas obscura inter eos intercedit (after Caes., B.C., 2, 25). Vid: HATRED.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ill-will?
- The usual Latin words for “ill-will” are malignitās, malevolentia, inclūdō; also āvertō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.