malitiosus

Latin

Etymology

From malitia +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ma.lɪ.tiˈoː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ma.lit.t͡siˈɔː.s̬us]

Adjective

malitiōsus (feminine malitiōsa, neuter malitiōsum, comparative malitiōsior); first/second-declension adjective

1. malicious, wicked
2. crafty
3. spiteful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	malitiōsus	malitiōsa	malitiōsum		malitiōsī	malitiōsae	malitiōsa
genitive	malitiōsī	malitiōsae	malitiōsī		malitiōsōrum	malitiōsārum	malitiōsōrum
dative	malitiōsō	malitiōsae	malitiōsō		malitiōsīs
accusative	malitiōsum	malitiōsam	malitiōsum		malitiōsōs	malitiōsās	malitiōsa
ablative	malitiōsō	malitiōsā	malitiōsō		malitiōsīs
vocative	malitiōse	malitiōsa	malitiōsum		malitiōsī	malitiōsae	malitiōsa

Related terms

• malitia

Descendants

• Catalan: maliciós
• English: malicious
• French: malicieux
• Galician: malicioso
• Italian: malizioso
• Portuguese: malicioso
• Romanian: malițios
• Spanish: malicioso

References

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