malitia

malitia

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.

    singular plural
    nominative malitia malitiae
    genitive malitiae malitiārum
    dative malitiae malitiīs
    accusative malitiam malitiās
    ablative malitiā malitiīs
    vocative malitia malitiae

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: malesa, malícia
    • Old French: malice
    • Galician: malicia
    • Italian: malizia
    • Piedmontese: malissia
    • Portuguese: maeza, maleza, malícia
    • Romanian: maliție
    • Sicilian: malizzia
    • Spanish: maleza (weed, underbrush), malicia (malice)

    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, 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.