malevolus

Latin

Alternative forms

malivolus

Etymology

From male (“badly”) +‎ -volus (“willing”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /maˈle.u̯o.lus/, [mäˈɫ̪eu̯ɔɫ̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈle.vo.lus/, [mäˈlɛːvolus]

Adjective

malevolus (feminine malevola, neuter malevolum, comparative malevolentior, superlative malevolentissimus); first/second-declension adjective

disaffected, envious, spiteful, malevolent

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	malevolus	malevola	malevolum	malevolī	malevolae	malevola
Genitive	malevolī	malevolae	malevolī	malevolōrum	malevolārum	malevolōrum
Dative	malevolō	malevolae	malevolō	malevolīs
Accusative	malevolum	malevolam	malevolum	malevolōs	malevolās	malevola
Ablative	malevolō	malevolā	malevolō	malevolīs
Vocative	malevole	malevola	malevolum	malevolī	malevolae	malevola

Descendants

Catalan: malèvol
Galician: malévolo
Italian: malevolo
Portuguese: malévolo
Spanish: malévolo

References

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

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