malevolus

Latin

Alternative forms

• malivolus

Etymology

From male (“badly”) +‎ -volus (“willing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈle.u̯o.lus/, [mäˈɫ̪eu̯ɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈle.vo.lus/, [mäˈlɛːvolus]

Adjective

malevolus (feminine malevola, neuter malevolum, comparative malevolentior, superlative malevolentissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. disaffected, envious, spiteful, malevolent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	malevolus	malevola	malevolum		malevolī	malevolae	malevola
Genitive	malevolī	malevolae	malevolī		malevolōrum	malevolārum	malevolōrum
Dative	malevolō		malevolō		malevolīs
Accusative	malevolum	malevolam	malevolum		malevolōs	malevolās	malevola
Ablative	malevolō	malevolā	malevolō		malevolīs
Vocative	malevole	malevola	malevolum		malevolī	malevolae	malevola

Descendants

• Catalan: malèvol
• Galician: malévolo
• Italian: malevolo
• Portuguese: malévolo
• Spanish: malévolo

References

• “malevolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “malevolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• malevolus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• malevolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.