mălĭtĭa (noun F) : malus
* Bad quality, badness.
* Lit. (post-class.): terrae malitia,Pall. 1, 6: arboris,unfruitfulness,id. 11, 8.
* 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.
* Cunning, artfulness: muliebris malitia adhibenda est mihi,Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 23.
* 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.

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