LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

malitia

malitia f (genitive malitiae)
Classical[maˈlɪ.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[maˈlit.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. femininea bad quality; badness, wickedness
  2. femininespite, malice, ill will; an act of malice
  3. femininecunning, artfulness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemalitiamalitiae
genitivemalitiaemalitiārum
dativemalitiaemalitiīs
accusativemalitiammalitiās
ablativemalitiāmalitiīs
vocativemalitiamalitiae

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

mălĭtĭa, ae, f. malus,
I. bad quality, badness.
I. Lit. (post-class.): terrae malitia, Pall. 1, 6: arboris, unfruitfulness, id. 11, 8.—
II. Trop., ill-will, spite, malice (class.): virtutis contraria est vitiositas: sic enim malo, quam malitiam, appellare eam, quam Graeci κακίαν appellant: nam malitia certi cujusdam vitii nomen est: vitiositas omnium, Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34: est enim malitia versuta et fallax nocendi ratio, id. N. D. 3, 30, 75; id. Rosc. Com. 16, 46: per summam fraudem et malitiam, id. Quint. 18, 56; id. Clu. 26, 70; opp. to virtus: virtute, non malitia, P. Scipioni placuisse, Sall. J. 22, 2.—With malus: sine mala omni malitia, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 38.—In plur.: collatio nostrarum malitiarum, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 66: everriculum malitiarum omnium, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74.—
B. Cunning, artfulness: muliebris malitia adhibenda est mihi, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 23.—
C. Sometimes in a good sense, like our roguery, Cic. Att. 15, 26, 4: tamen a malitia non discedis, you do not desist from your roguery, id. Fam. 9, 19, 1.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)molos?
  3. Proto-Italic*malos
  4. Archaic Latinmalos
  5. Latinmalitia

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin malitia From malus (“bad, evil”) + -itia.

Descendants
  • Catalanmalesa
  • Catalanmalícia
  • Englishmalicefrom Old French malice
  • Frenchmalicefrom Old French malice
  • Italianmalizia
  • Portuguesemaeza
  • Portuguesemaleza
  • Portuguesemalícia
  • Romanianmaliție
  • Spanishmaleza