malevolentia

Latin

Etymology

malevolēns (“malevolent”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ma.le.u̯oˈlen.ti.a/, [mäɫ̪eu̯ɔˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.le.voˈlen.t͡si.a/, [mälevoˈlɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

malevolentia f (genitive malevolentiae); first declension

malevolence, hatred, dislike, envy

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	malevolentia	malevolentiae
Genitive	malevolentiae	malevolentiārum
Dative	malevolentiae	malevolentiīs
Accusative	malevolentiam	malevolentiās
Ablative	malevolentiā	malevolentiīs
Vocative	malevolentia	malevolentiae

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: malevolència
Galician: malevolencia
Italian: malevolenza
Middle French: malevolence
- → English: malevolence
Portuguese: malevolência
Spanish: malevolencia
→ Dutch: malevolentie
→ Finnish: malevolentia

References

“malevolentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“malevolentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
malevolentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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