malitia

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Latin

Etymology

From malus (bad, evil) +‎ -itia.

Pronunciation

Noun

malitia f (genitive malitiae); first declension

  1. a bad quality; badness, wickedness
  2. spite, malice, ill will; an act of malice
  3. cunning, artfulness

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative malitia malitiae
Genitive malitiae malitiārum
Dative malitiae malitiīs
Accusative malitiam malitiās
Ablative malitiā malitiīs
Vocative malitia malitiae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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