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malignus
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Lewis Short
(adj.adv.) : mălignus, a, um, adj.for maligenus, malus, and gen-, root of gigno; cf. the opp. benignus
* Of an evil nature or disposition, ill-disposed, wicked, mischievous, malicious, spiteful, envious, malignant, malign (poet. and post-Aug.; syn.: invidus, malevolus, parcus).
* 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.
* In partic.
* 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.
* Transf.
* Barren, unfruitful: terra malignior ceteris,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 15: colles,Verg. G. 2, 179.
* 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.
* In gen., ill-naturedly, spitefully, enviously, malignantly (not in Cic. or Caes.): maledice ac maligne loqui,Liv. 45, 39.—Comp.: malignius habitum esse sermonem,Curt. 8, 1, 8.
* In partic.
* 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.
* 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.
* Of an evil nature or disposition, ill-disposed, wicked, mischievous, malicious, spiteful, envious, malignant, malign (poet. and post-Aug.; syn.: invidus, malevolus, parcus).
* 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.
* In partic.
* 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.
* Transf.
* Barren, unfruitful: terra malignior ceteris,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 15: colles,Verg. G. 2, 179.
* 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.
* In gen., ill-naturedly, spitefully, enviously, malignantly (not in Cic. or Caes.): maledice ac maligne loqui,Liv. 45, 39.—Comp.: malignius habitum esse sermonem,Curt. 8, 1, 8.
* In partic.
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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