LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

malitiōsus

malitiōsus (feminine malitiōsa, neuter malitiōsum, comparative malitiōsior)
Classical[ma.lɪ.tiˈoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[ma.lit.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us]
malitiōse sg. voc. m.

Meaning

  1. adjectivemalicious, wicked
  2. adjectivecrafty
  3. adjectivespiteful

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemalitiōsusmalitiōsamalitiōsum
genitivemalitiōsīmalitiōsaemalitiōsī
dativemalitiōsōmalitiōsaemalitiōsō
accusativemalitiōsummalitiōsammalitiōsum
ablativemalitiōsōmalitiōsāmalitiōsō
vocativemalitiōsemalitiōsamalitiōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemalitiōsīmalitiōsaemalitiōsa
genitivemalitiōsōrummalitiōsārummalitiōsōrum
dativemalitiōsīsmalitiōsīsmalitiōsīs
accusativemalitiōsōsmalitiōsāsmalitiōsa
ablativemalitiōsīsmalitiōsīsmalitiōsīs
vocativemalitiōsīmalitiōsaemalitiōsa

mălĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. malitia,
I. full of wickedness, wicked, knavish, crafty, malicious.
I. In gen. (class.): homo, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 57: malitiosissimus, Front. ad M. Caes. 4, 3.—Of things: juris interpretatio, Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33.—
II. As nom. prop.: Silva Malitiosa, a forest in the Sabine territory, Liv. 1, 30, 9; = ὕλη κακοῦργος, Dion. 3, 33. —Hence, adv.: mălĭtĭōsē, wickedly, knavishly, perfidiously: quicquam agi dolose, aut malitiose, Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61: facere aliquid, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 132.—Comp.: rem mandatam malitiosius gerere, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111.

Origins

From malitia + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Catalanmaliciós
  • Englishmalicious
  • Frenchmalicieux
  • Italianmalizioso
  • Portuguesemalicioso
  • Romanianmalițios
  • Spanishmalicioso
  • Galicianmalicioso

Quick answers

What does malitiōsus mean in Latin?
malitiōsus, a adjective, means “malicious, wicked; crafty; spiteful”.
How do you pronounce malitiōsus?
In classical Latin, [ma.lɪ.tiˈoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ma.lit.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us].