malevolentia

Latin

Etymology

malevolēns (“malevolent”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.le.u̯oˈlen.ti.a/, [mäɫ̪eu̯ɔˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.le.voˈlen.t͡si.a/, [mälevoˈlɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

malevolentia f (genitive malevolentiae); first declension

1. 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

• maleficium
• malēvolēns
• malevolus

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.