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  • 1 calumnia

    călumnĭa (old form kălumnĭa; v. the letter K), ae, f. [perh. for calvomnia, from calvor; cf. incīlo], trickery, artifice, chicanery, cunning device.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    per obtrectatores Lentuli calumniā extracta res est,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 3:

    (Lucullus) inimicorum calumniā triennio tardius quam debuerat triumphavit,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:

    inpediti ne triumpharent calumniā paucorum, quibus omnia honesta atque inhonesta vendere mos erat,

    Sall. C. 30, 4:

    Metellus calumniā dicendi tempus exemit,

    Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:

    cum omni morā, ludificatione, calumniā senatūs auctoritas impediretur,

    id. Sest. 35, 75.— Plur.:

    res ab adversariis nostris extracta est variis calumniis,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 4, 1.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A pretence, evasion, subterfuge:

    juris judicium cum erit et aequitatis, cave in istā tam frigidā, tam jejunā calumniā delitescas,

    Cic. Caecin. 21, 61:

    senatus religionis calumniam non religione, sed malevolentiā... comprobat,

    id. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

    Carneades... itaque premebat alio modo nec ullam adhibebat calumniam,

    id. Fat. 14, 31:

    calumniam stultitiamque ejus obtrivit ac contudit,

    id. Caecin. 7, 18:

    illud in primis, ne qua calumnia, ne qua fraus, ne quis dolus adhibeatur,

    id. Dom. 14, 36:

    quae major calumnia est, quam venire imberbum adulescentulum... dicere se filium senatorem sibi velle adoptare?

    id. ib. 14, 37.—
    2.
    In discourse, etc., a misrepresentation, false statement, fallacy, cavil (cf.:

    cavillatio, perfugium): haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius, facilius effugiunt Academicorum calumniam,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

    (Carneades) saepe optimas causas ingenii calumniā ludificari solet,

    id. Rep. 3, 5, 9:

    nec Arcesilae calumnia conferenda est cum Democriti verecundiā,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

    si in minimis rebus pertinacia reprehenditur, calumnia etiam coërcetur,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 65:

    altera est calumnia, nullam artem falsis adsentiri opinionibus,

    Quint. 2, 17, 18:

    si quis tamen... ad necessaria aliquid melius adjecerit, non erit hac calumniā reprendendus,

    id. 12, 10, 43.—
    3.
    A false accusation, malicious charge, esp. a false or malicious information, or action at law, a perversion of justice ( = sukophantia):

    jam de deorum inmortalium templis spoliatis qualem calumniam ad pontifices adtulerit?

    false report, Liv. 39, 4, 11:

    Scythae... cum confecto jam bello supervenissent, et calumniā tardius lati auxilii, mercede fraudarentur,

    an unjust charge, Just. 42, 1, 2:

    quamquam illa fuit ad calumniam singulari consilio reperta ratio... Quae res cum ad pactiones iniquissimas magnam vim habuit, tum vero ad calumnias in quas omnes inciderent, quos vellent Apronius,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

    causam calumniae reperire,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 8, §

    21: (Heraclius), a quo HS. C. milia per calumniam malitiamque petita sunt,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 27, §

    66: mirari improbitatem calumniae,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 15, §

    37: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumniā quādam et nimis callidā juris interpretatione,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

    iste amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 61:

    quem iste in decumis, in rebus capitalibus, in omni calumniā praecursorem habere solebat et emissarium,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 41, § 108; 2, 2, 9, §

    25: ad rapinas convertit animum, vario et exquisitissimo calumniarum et auctionum et vectigalium genere,

    Suet. Calig. 38 init.; cf.

    the context: calumniā litium alienos fundos petere,

    Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

    adeo illis odium Romanorum incussit rapacitas proconsulum, sectio publicanorum, calumniae litium,

    Just. 38, 7, 8:

    calumniarum metum inicere alicui,

    Suet. Caes. 20:

    principes confiscatos ob tam leve ac tam inpudens calumniarum genus, ut, etc.,

    id. Tib. 49:

    calumniis rapinisque intendit animum,

    id. Ner. 32:

    creditorum turbam... nonnisi terrore calumniarum amovit,

    id. Vit. 7:

    fiscales calumnias magna calumniantium repressit,

    id. Dom. 9 fin. — Plur.:

    istae calumniae,

    App. Mag. 1, p. 273, 9; cf.:

    calumnia magiae,

    id. ib. 2, p. 274, 10.—
    4.
    Hence, jurid. t. t., the bringing of an action, whether civil or criminal, in bad faith:

    actoris calumnia quoque coërcetur,

    litigiousness on the part of the plaintiff, Just. Inst. 4, 16, 1 Sandars ad loc.; Gai Inst. 4, 174: vetus calumniae actio, a prosecution for blackmail or malicious prosecution, id. ib.: calumniam jurare, to take the oath that the action is brought or defence offered in good faith, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 3: sei juraverit calumniae causā non postulare, Lex Acil. Repetund. 19; Dig. 39, 2, 7; cf.: praeter jusjurandum exigere non calumniae causā infitias ire, Gai Inst. 4, 172:

    jusjurandum exigere non calumniae causā agere,

    id. ib. 4, 176.—Hence:

    nec satis habere bello vicisse Hannibalem, nisi velut accusatores calumniam in eum jurarent ac nomen deferrent,

    Liv. 33, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc; so,

    de calumniā jurare,

    Dig. 39, 2, 13, § 3: jusjurandum de calumniā, Gai Inst. 4, 179; Dig. 12, 3, 34 al.: et quidem calumniae judicium adversus omnes actiones locum habet, a conviction in a cross-action for malicious prosecution, Gai Inst. 4, 175:

    turpissimam personam calumniae honestae civitati inponere,

    to fasten the vile character of a malicious prosecutor upon, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 43:

    sine ignominiā calumniae accusationem relinquere non posse,

    id. Clu. 31, 86.— The person convicted of this charge was branded on the forehead with the letter K; v. calumniator.—
    II.
    Transf., a conviction for malicious prosecution ( = calumniae judicium, v. I. A. 4. supra):

    hic illo privato judicio, mihi credite, calumniam non effugiet,

    Cic. Clu. 59, 163: scito C. Sempronium Rufum, mel ac delicias tuas, calumniam maximo plausu tulisse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1:

    accusare alienae dominationis scelerisque socius propter calumniae metum non est ausus,

    Cic. Dom. 19, 49:

    perinde poenā teneri ac si publico judicio calumniae condemnatus,

    Tac. A. 14, 41:

    calumniam fictis eludere jocis,

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 37.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of abstr. things: in hac igitur calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento, cum plurima ad alieni sensūs conjecturam, non ad suum judicium scribantur, i. e. when the writer ' s mind is made the fool of his fears, Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4. —
    B.
    Contra se, a mistaken severity towards one ' s self:

    inveni qui Ciceroni crederent, eum (Calvum) nimiā contra se calumniā verum sanguinem perdidisse,

    Quint. 10, 1, 115 (referring to Cic. Brut. 82, 283: nimium inquirens in se atque ipse sese observans, metuensque ne vitiosum colligeret, etiam verum sanguinem deperdebat).

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  • 2 kalumnia

    călumnĭa (old form kălumnĭa; v. the letter K), ae, f. [perh. for calvomnia, from calvor; cf. incīlo], trickery, artifice, chicanery, cunning device.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    per obtrectatores Lentuli calumniā extracta res est,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 3:

    (Lucullus) inimicorum calumniā triennio tardius quam debuerat triumphavit,

    id. Ac. 2, 1, 3:

    inpediti ne triumpharent calumniā paucorum, quibus omnia honesta atque inhonesta vendere mos erat,

    Sall. C. 30, 4:

    Metellus calumniā dicendi tempus exemit,

    Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:

    cum omni morā, ludificatione, calumniā senatūs auctoritas impediretur,

    id. Sest. 35, 75.— Plur.:

    res ab adversariis nostris extracta est variis calumniis,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 4, 1.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A pretence, evasion, subterfuge:

    juris judicium cum erit et aequitatis, cave in istā tam frigidā, tam jejunā calumniā delitescas,

    Cic. Caecin. 21, 61:

    senatus religionis calumniam non religione, sed malevolentiā... comprobat,

    id. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

    Carneades... itaque premebat alio modo nec ullam adhibebat calumniam,

    id. Fat. 14, 31:

    calumniam stultitiamque ejus obtrivit ac contudit,

    id. Caecin. 7, 18:

    illud in primis, ne qua calumnia, ne qua fraus, ne quis dolus adhibeatur,

    id. Dom. 14, 36:

    quae major calumnia est, quam venire imberbum adulescentulum... dicere se filium senatorem sibi velle adoptare?

    id. ib. 14, 37.—
    2.
    In discourse, etc., a misrepresentation, false statement, fallacy, cavil (cf.:

    cavillatio, perfugium): haec cum uberius disputantur et fusius, facilius effugiunt Academicorum calumniam,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20:

    (Carneades) saepe optimas causas ingenii calumniā ludificari solet,

    id. Rep. 3, 5, 9:

    nec Arcesilae calumnia conferenda est cum Democriti verecundiā,

    id. Ac. 2, 5, 14:

    si in minimis rebus pertinacia reprehenditur, calumnia etiam coërcetur,

    id. ib. 2, 20, 65:

    altera est calumnia, nullam artem falsis adsentiri opinionibus,

    Quint. 2, 17, 18:

    si quis tamen... ad necessaria aliquid melius adjecerit, non erit hac calumniā reprendendus,

    id. 12, 10, 43.—
    3.
    A false accusation, malicious charge, esp. a false or malicious information, or action at law, a perversion of justice ( = sukophantia):

    jam de deorum inmortalium templis spoliatis qualem calumniam ad pontifices adtulerit?

    false report, Liv. 39, 4, 11:

    Scythae... cum confecto jam bello supervenissent, et calumniā tardius lati auxilii, mercede fraudarentur,

    an unjust charge, Just. 42, 1, 2:

    quamquam illa fuit ad calumniam singulari consilio reperta ratio... Quae res cum ad pactiones iniquissimas magnam vim habuit, tum vero ad calumnias in quas omnes inciderent, quos vellent Apronius,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38:

    causam calumniae reperire,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 8, §

    21: (Heraclius), a quo HS. C. milia per calumniam malitiamque petita sunt,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 27, §

    66: mirari improbitatem calumniae,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 15, §

    37: exsistunt etiam saepe injuriae calumniā quādam et nimis callidā juris interpretatione,

    id. Off. 1, 10, 33:

    iste amplam occasionem calumniae nactus,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 61:

    quem iste in decumis, in rebus capitalibus, in omni calumniā praecursorem habere solebat et emissarium,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 41, § 108; 2, 2, 9, §

    25: ad rapinas convertit animum, vario et exquisitissimo calumniarum et auctionum et vectigalium genere,

    Suet. Calig. 38 init.; cf.

    the context: calumniā litium alienos fundos petere,

    Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

    adeo illis odium Romanorum incussit rapacitas proconsulum, sectio publicanorum, calumniae litium,

    Just. 38, 7, 8:

    calumniarum metum inicere alicui,

    Suet. Caes. 20:

    principes confiscatos ob tam leve ac tam inpudens calumniarum genus, ut, etc.,

    id. Tib. 49:

    calumniis rapinisque intendit animum,

    id. Ner. 32:

    creditorum turbam... nonnisi terrore calumniarum amovit,

    id. Vit. 7:

    fiscales calumnias magna calumniantium repressit,

    id. Dom. 9 fin. — Plur.:

    istae calumniae,

    App. Mag. 1, p. 273, 9; cf.:

    calumnia magiae,

    id. ib. 2, p. 274, 10.—
    4.
    Hence, jurid. t. t., the bringing of an action, whether civil or criminal, in bad faith:

    actoris calumnia quoque coërcetur,

    litigiousness on the part of the plaintiff, Just. Inst. 4, 16, 1 Sandars ad loc.; Gai Inst. 4, 174: vetus calumniae actio, a prosecution for blackmail or malicious prosecution, id. ib.: calumniam jurare, to take the oath that the action is brought or defence offered in good faith, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 3: sei juraverit calumniae causā non postulare, Lex Acil. Repetund. 19; Dig. 39, 2, 7; cf.: praeter jusjurandum exigere non calumniae causā infitias ire, Gai Inst. 4, 172:

    jusjurandum exigere non calumniae causā agere,

    id. ib. 4, 176.—Hence:

    nec satis habere bello vicisse Hannibalem, nisi velut accusatores calumniam in eum jurarent ac nomen deferrent,

    Liv. 33, 37, 5 Weissenb. ad loc; so,

    de calumniā jurare,

    Dig. 39, 2, 13, § 3: jusjurandum de calumniā, Gai Inst. 4, 179; Dig. 12, 3, 34 al.: et quidem calumniae judicium adversus omnes actiones locum habet, a conviction in a cross-action for malicious prosecution, Gai Inst. 4, 175:

    turpissimam personam calumniae honestae civitati inponere,

    to fasten the vile character of a malicious prosecutor upon, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 43:

    sine ignominiā calumniae accusationem relinquere non posse,

    id. Clu. 31, 86.— The person convicted of this charge was branded on the forehead with the letter K; v. calumniator.—
    II.
    Transf., a conviction for malicious prosecution ( = calumniae judicium, v. I. A. 4. supra):

    hic illo privato judicio, mihi credite, calumniam non effugiet,

    Cic. Clu. 59, 163: scito C. Sempronium Rufum, mel ac delicias tuas, calumniam maximo plausu tulisse, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 1:

    accusare alienae dominationis scelerisque socius propter calumniae metum non est ausus,

    Cic. Dom. 19, 49:

    perinde poenā teneri ac si publico judicio calumniae condemnatus,

    Tac. A. 14, 41:

    calumniam fictis eludere jocis,

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 37.—
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of abstr. things: in hac igitur calumniā timoris et caecae suspitionis tormento, cum plurima ad alieni sensūs conjecturam, non ad suum judicium scribantur, i. e. when the writer ' s mind is made the fool of his fears, Caecil. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4. —
    B.
    Contra se, a mistaken severity towards one ' s self:

    inveni qui Ciceroni crederent, eum (Calvum) nimiā contra se calumniā verum sanguinem perdidisse,

    Quint. 10, 1, 115 (referring to Cic. Brut. 82, 283: nimium inquirens in se atque ipse sese observans, metuensque ne vitiosum colligeret, etiam verum sanguinem deperdebat).

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  • 3 calumnia

        calumnia ae, f    trickery, artifice, chicanery, cunning: cum omni calumniā senatūs auctoritas impediretur: triumphare calumniā paucorum, S.: res extracta variis calumniis.—A pretence, evasion, subterfuge: in istā calumniā delitescere: ne qua calumnia adhibeatur.—A misrepresentation, false statement, fallacy, cavil: effugere alicuius calumniam.—A false accusation, malicious charge, false prosecution: de templis spoliatis, L.: causam calumniae reperire: ab alquo per calumniam alqd petere.—A perversion of justice, bad faith in an action at law: personam calumniae civitati inponere, the character of a malicious prosecutor: calumniae accusationem relinquere.—A conviction for malicious prosecution: calumniam effugere: calumniam fictis eludere iocis, Ph.: calumniam in eum iurare, to swear that the prosecution is in good faith, L.
    * * *
    I
    charge; accusation
    II
    sophistry, sham; false accusation/claim/statement/pretenses/objection; quibble

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  • 4 malignans

    I
    (gen.), malignantis ADJ
    wicked; malicious
    II
    wicked/bad/malicious person; the wicked (pl.)

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  • 5 lividus

    līvĭdus, a, um, adj. [liveo], of a blue or leaden color, bluish, blue.
    I.
    Lit.:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 6, 320:

    lividissima vorago,

    Cat. 17, 11:

    racemi,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 10.—
    B.
    Esp., produced by beating, bruising, etc., black and blue, livid:

    livida armis Bracchia,

    Hor. C. 1, 8, 10:

    ora livida facta,

    Ov. H. 20, 82; Plin. 24, 11, 55, § 93.—
    C.
    Transf., making livid, i. e. deadly:

    livida materno fervent adipata veneno,

    Juv. 6, 631.—
    II.
    Trop., envious, invidious, spiteful, malicious.
    A.
    Of persons:

    invidi et malevoli et lividi,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 12, 28 (dub.):

    nos nostraque lividus odit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 89.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    lingua,

    Ov. F. 1, 74:

    obliviones (because forgetfulness robs the deserving of the praise which is his due),

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 33:

    sententia,

    spiteful, malicious, Sen. Contr. 2, 14.—Hence, līvĭdē, adv., of a leaden color, lividly.—Comp., Plin. 37, 7, 25, § 94 dub.

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  • 6 aemulus

        aemulus adj.    [2 IC-, AIC-], striving earnestly after, emulating, rivalling, vying with, emulous: laudis: studiorum: itinerum Herculis, L. — Envious, jealous, grudging, malicious: Triton, V.— As subst, a rival: alqm tamquam aemulum removere. — Of things, rivalling, comparable, similar: tibia tubae, H.: Carthago inperi Romani, S.
    * * *
    I
    aemula, aemulum ADJ
    envious, jealous, grudging, (things) comparable/equal (with/to)
    II
    rival, competitor, love rival; diligent imitator/follower; equal/peer

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  • 7 āter

        āter tra, trum, adj.    [AID-], black, coal-black, gloomy, dark (cf. niger, glossy-black): panis, T.: carbo, T.: alba et atra discernere: noctes, Ta.: tempestas, V.: mare, gloomy, H.: lictores, clothed in black, H.: corvus atro gutture, Ct. — Fig., black, dark, gloomy, sad, dismal, unfortunate: timor, V.: mors, H.: fila trium sororum, H.: alae (mortis), H.: serpens, V. — Esp.: dies atri, unlucky days (marked in the calendar with coal): si atro die faxit insciens, probe factum esto, L.— Malevolent, malicious, virulent: versus, H.: dens, poisonous, H.
    * * *
    atra -um, atrior -or -us, aterrimus -a -um ADJ
    black, dark; dark-colored (hair/skin); gloomy/murky; unlucky; sordid/squalid; deadly, terrible, grisly (esp. connected with underworld); poisonous; spiteful

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  • 8 calumniātor

        calumniātor ōris, m    [calumnior], a trickster, malicious prosecutor, false informer, perverter of law: scriptum sequi calumniatoris esse: calumniatores apponere: egens: Calumniator ab ove cum peteret canis, Ph.
    * * *
    false accuser; pettifogger, chicaner; perverter of law; carping critic

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  • 9 invīsus

        invīsus adj. with comp.    [P. of invideo], hated, hateful, detested: persona: alios invisos efficere, L.: penates, O.: (Helena) aris invisa sedebat, V.: invisos nos esse illis, T.: omnibus, S.: hominibus invisius animal: Minervae, V.: invisum plebei Claudium facere, L.: quo quis versutior est, hoc invisior: vobis mea vita, T.: cupressus (i. e. funebris), H.: dis oratio: regna dis, V.: filix aratris, troublesome, V.—Hostile, malicious: invisum quem tu tibi fingis, V.
    * * *
    invisa, invisum ADJ
    hated, detested; hateful, hostile

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  • 10 iūrō

        iūrō āvī, ātus, āre    [2 ius], to swear, take an oath: si aram tenens iuraret: ex animi tui sententiā, without reservation: Boeotum in crasso iurares aëre natum, H.: falsum, swear falsely: vere: testari deos per quos iuravisset, S.: per Iovem, by Jupiter: aedilis, qui pro se iuraret, in his stead, L.: idem omnis exercitus in se quisque iurat, i. e. each soldier individually, L.: Numquam ducturum uxorem, T.: se eum non deserturum, Cs.: verissimum ius iurandum.—With in and acc, to swear to observe, swear allegiance, vow obedience, adopt under oath: in legem: in leges, L.: in haec verba iurat ipse, takes this form of oath, Cs.: cur in certa verba iurent: in haec verba iures postulo, in this form of words, L.: in verba magistri, echo the sentiments, H.—To swear by, attest, call to witness: Terram, Mare, Sidera, V.: Iovem lapidem: quaevis tibi numina, O.: Samothracum aras, Iu.: Iurandae tuum per nomen arae, H.: dis iuranda palus, the Styx, by which the gods swear, O.—To swear to, attest by an oath: morbum, to the fact of sickness: id (nomen) iurare in litem, swear to a debt.—With person. obj., to swear, bind by an oath, cause to swear (only perf pass.): iudici demonstrandum est, quid iuratus sit: lex, in quam iurati sitis: iuratus se eum interempturum, L.— To conspire: In me, O.: in facinus, O.—In the phrase: iurare calumniam, to swear that an accusation is not malicious, L.

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  • 11 līvidus

        līvidus adj. with sup.    [LIV-], of a leaden color, bluish, blue: vada, V.: racemi, H.: lividissima vorago, Ct.— Black and blue, livid, bruised: armis Bracchia, H.: Ora livida facta, O.— Making livid, deadly: Livida materno fervent adipata veneno, Iu.—Fig., envious, invidious, spiteful, malicious: malevoli et lividi: nos lividus odit, H.: obliviones, i. e. destructive of praise, H.
    * * *
    livida, lividum ADJ
    livid, slate-colored; discolored by bruises; envious, spiteful

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  • 12 malīgnus

        malīgnus adj.    [malus+GEN-], ill-disposed, wicked, malicious, spiteful, envious, malignant, malign: volgus, H.: numina, unkind, Iu.: hoc maligno dente carpunt: leges, O.: oculi, V.— Stingy, niggardly: caupones, H.: Maligna facta ilico est, i. e. reserved, T.: fama, slanderous, O.: colles, barren, V.: aditus, narrow, V.: lux, scanty, V.
    * * *
    maligna, malignum ADJ
    spiteful; niggardly; narrow

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  • 13 malitiōsus

        malitiōsus adj.    [malitia], full of wickedness, knavish, crafty, malicious: malitiosum (te appellemus)?: iuris interpretatio: Silva, a forest in the Sabine territory, L.
    * * *
    malitiosa, malitiosum ADJ
    wicked; crafty, roguish, knavish

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  • 14 malus

        malus adj.    [MAL-]; it adopts as comp. and sup. pēior, us, gen. ōris, and pessimus PED]; bad, not good: philosophi: leges: mores, S.: consuetudo, improper, H.: opinio de vobis, unfavorable: pugna, unsuccessful, S.: pudor, false, H.: crus, deformed, H.: Laurens (aper), unsavory, H.: via peior, H.: pessima munerum Ferre, H.— Morally bad, wicked, criminal, depraved, mischievous, malicious: mater, Quod nil praeter pretium dulcest, T.: auctor: fures, H.: repudiatus malis suasoribus: libido, L.: malā vitīs incidere falce, V. — Plur m. as subst: regibus boni quam mali suspectiores sunt, S.— Bad, unfortunate, injurious, destructive, pernicious: Peiore rex loco non potis est esse, T.: pestis: mala copia sollicitat stomachum, overloading, H.: virus, V.: cicuta, H.: Iuppiter, i. e. unwholesome, H.: avis, ill-boding, H.—In imprecations: Abin hinc in malam rem? to the mischief, T.: in malam crucem, T.: malarum quas amor curas habet oblivisci (i. e. curarum, quas, etc.), H.—As subst n.: peius victoribus quam victis accidisse, greater evil, Cs.; see also 1 malum. — Neut. sing. As adv.: malum responsare, unacceptably, H.
    * * *
    I
    mala -um, pejor -or -us, - ADJ
    bad, evil, wicked; ugly; unlucky
    II III
    mast; beam; tall pole, upright pole; standard, prop, staff

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  • 15 morsus

        morsus ūs, m    [mordeo], a biting, bite: avium minorum morsūs: saxum Morsibus insequi, O.: Nec tu mensarum morsūs horresce, the eating, V.: vertere morsūs Exiguam in Cererem, their teeth, V.: zonam morsu tenere, by the teeth, Iu.: discludere morsūs Roboris, i. e. open the cleft trunk (which held the javelin), V.—Fig., a bite, sting, pain, vexation: (carmina) morsu venerare, malicious attack, H.: perpetui curarum morsūs, gnawing pains, O.: doloris.
    * * *
    bite, sting; anguish, pain; jaws; teeth

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  • 16 niger

        niger gra, grum, adj. with (poet.) comp. nigrior and sup. nigerrimus    [1 NEC-], black, sable, dark, dusky: quae alba sint, quae nigra, dicere: hederae, V.: Silvae, gloomy, H.: lucus, O.: caelum pice nigrius, O.: nigerrimus Auster, gloomy, V.: nigros efferre maritos, i. e. kill by poison, Iu.—With acc: (avis) nigra pedes, O.—Prov.: Candida de nigris facere, O.: nigrum in candida vertere, make black white, Iu.—Fig., gloomy, unlucky, ill-omened: hun<*>ine solem Tam nigrum surrexe mihi? H.: ignes, i. e. funeral, H.: hora, of death, Tb.— Black, bad, wicked: nec minus niger, quam Phormio, a blackleg: delectatus sale nigro, malicious, H.
    * * *
    nigra, nigrum ADJ
    black, dark; unlucky

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  • 17 perversus (pervorsus)

        perversus (pervorsus) adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of perverto], turned the wrong way, askew, awry: perversas induit comas, puts her hair on awry, O.: esse perversissimis oculis, dreadfully squint-eyed.—Fig., wrong, awry, spiteful, malicious, perverse: nihil pravum et perversum: quid perversius, quam, etc.: sapientia: mos: Menalcas, spiteful, V.

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  • 18 Ater

    1.
    āter, tra, trum, adj. [cf. aithô, to burn; Sanscr. idh; aithôn aithêr, Aitnê, [p. 188] Aetna, aether, aestus, aestas] (pr. burnt black, black as a coal; cf.:

    Tam excoctam reddam atque atram quam carbost,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 63: hence), black; and specif., coalblack, lustreless-black, sable, dark (opp. albus, lustreless-white, and diff. from niger, glossy black, v. albus init.; class. and freq., but never in Vulg., which uses niger).
    I.
    Lit.:

    album an atrum vinum potas?

    Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 17:

    atrior multo Quam Aegyptii,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 11:

    alba et atra discernere non poterat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: nigra scuta, tincta corpora;

    atras ad proelia noctes legunt,

    Tac. G. 43:

    Mos erat antiquus niveis atrisque capillis, etc.,

    Ov. M. 15, 41; so id. ib. 15, 44; cf.

    albus: fauces,

    Lucr. 6, 1147:

    dens,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 3:

    nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 180; Hor. C. 2, 16, 2:

    lumen, with smoke,

    Verg. A. 7, 457:

    agmen, with dust,

    id. ib. 12, 450 Serv.:

    axis, with blood,

    Sil. 2, 186:

    Eridanus ater stragibus,

    id. 6, 107:

    bilis,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 64, and Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11 (cf. the Gr. melancholia):

    cruor,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 31:

    tempestas,

    Lucr. 6, 258 sq.; Verg. A. 5, 693:

    hiemps,

    id. ib. 7, 214:

    canis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 25:

    corvus atro gutture,

    Cat. 108, 5:

    venena,

    Verg. G. 2, 130:

    Tartara,

    Lucr. 3, 966; so,

    Cocytus,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 17:

    mare,

    dark, stormy, id. S. 2, 2, 16:

    fluctus,

    Verg. A. 5, 2: mons, v. 2. ater.— The proverb albus an ater, v. albus.— Poet., = atratus, clothed in black:

    lictores,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 6; cf. albus, I. B. 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., black, dark, gloomy, sad, dismal, unfortunate, etc.:

    funus,

    Lucr. 2, 580:

    formido,

    id. 4 [173], and id. 6, 254; so,

    Timor,

    Verg. A. 9, 719:

    cupressus,

    id. ib. 3, 64:

    dies,

    id. ib. 6, 429; Prop. 3, 2, 4:

    mors,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 13:

    fila trium sororum,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 16:

    Esquiliae (as a burying-place),

    dismal, id. S. 2, 6, 32:

    seu mors atris circumvolat alis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 58:

    cura,

    id. C. 3, 1, 40; 3, 14, 13; 4, 11, 35:

    lites,

    id. A. P. 423:

    comes,

    id. S. 2, 7, 115:

    serpens,

    Verg. G. 1, 129; Ov. M. 3, 63 al.:

    genius.. vultu mutabilis, albus et ater,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 189.—In Roman civil life, dies atri are the days on which the state experienced some calamity, unlucky days. (This designation is said to have arisen from the Roman custom of marking every unfortunate day in the calendar with coal); Varr. L. L. 6, § 29; Liv. 6, 1; Gell. 5, 17; Fest. s. v. nonarum, p. 179 Müll.; id. s. v. religiosus, p. 278 Müll.; Ov. A. A. 1, 418; Macr. S. 1, 15 fin. and 16; Afran. ap. Non. p. 73, 33:

    si atro die faxit insciens, probe factum esto,

    Liv. 22, 10.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Rare and poet., of mind or feeling, malevolent, malicious, virulent (cf. niger, II. D., and the Gr. melas, II. 4 Lidd. and Scott):

    versus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 30:

    si quis atro dente me petiverit,

    id. Epod. 6, 15.—
    2.
    Also poet. of something difficult to be understood, dark, obscure (so melas, Anth. Pal. 11, 347):

    latebrae Lycophronis atri,

    Stat. p. 5, 3, 157.— Comp. v. supra, I.— Sup. and adv. not used.
    2.

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  • 19 ater

    1.
    āter, tra, trum, adj. [cf. aithô, to burn; Sanscr. idh; aithôn aithêr, Aitnê, [p. 188] Aetna, aether, aestus, aestas] (pr. burnt black, black as a coal; cf.:

    Tam excoctam reddam atque atram quam carbost,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 63: hence), black; and specif., coalblack, lustreless-black, sable, dark (opp. albus, lustreless-white, and diff. from niger, glossy black, v. albus init.; class. and freq., but never in Vulg., which uses niger).
    I.
    Lit.:

    album an atrum vinum potas?

    Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 17:

    atrior multo Quam Aegyptii,

    id. Poen. 5, 5, 11:

    alba et atra discernere non poterat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 114: nigra scuta, tincta corpora;

    atras ad proelia noctes legunt,

    Tac. G. 43:

    Mos erat antiquus niveis atrisque capillis, etc.,

    Ov. M. 15, 41; so id. ib. 15, 44; cf.

    albus: fauces,

    Lucr. 6, 1147:

    dens,

    Hor. Epod. 8, 3:

    nubes,

    Lucr. 6, 180; Hor. C. 2, 16, 2:

    lumen, with smoke,

    Verg. A. 7, 457:

    agmen, with dust,

    id. ib. 12, 450 Serv.:

    axis, with blood,

    Sil. 2, 186:

    Eridanus ater stragibus,

    id. 6, 107:

    bilis,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 64, and Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11 (cf. the Gr. melancholia):

    cruor,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 31:

    tempestas,

    Lucr. 6, 258 sq.; Verg. A. 5, 693:

    hiemps,

    id. ib. 7, 214:

    canis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 25:

    corvus atro gutture,

    Cat. 108, 5:

    venena,

    Verg. G. 2, 130:

    Tartara,

    Lucr. 3, 966; so,

    Cocytus,

    Hor. C. 2, 14, 17:

    mare,

    dark, stormy, id. S. 2, 2, 16:

    fluctus,

    Verg. A. 5, 2: mons, v. 2. ater.— The proverb albus an ater, v. albus.— Poet., = atratus, clothed in black:

    lictores,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 6; cf. albus, I. B. 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., black, dark, gloomy, sad, dismal, unfortunate, etc.:

    funus,

    Lucr. 2, 580:

    formido,

    id. 4 [173], and id. 6, 254; so,

    Timor,

    Verg. A. 9, 719:

    cupressus,

    id. ib. 3, 64:

    dies,

    id. ib. 6, 429; Prop. 3, 2, 4:

    mors,

    Hor. C. 1, 28, 13:

    fila trium sororum,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 16:

    Esquiliae (as a burying-place),

    dismal, id. S. 2, 6, 32:

    seu mors atris circumvolat alis,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 58:

    cura,

    id. C. 3, 1, 40; 3, 14, 13; 4, 11, 35:

    lites,

    id. A. P. 423:

    comes,

    id. S. 2, 7, 115:

    serpens,

    Verg. G. 1, 129; Ov. M. 3, 63 al.:

    genius.. vultu mutabilis, albus et ater,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 189.—In Roman civil life, dies atri are the days on which the state experienced some calamity, unlucky days. (This designation is said to have arisen from the Roman custom of marking every unfortunate day in the calendar with coal); Varr. L. L. 6, § 29; Liv. 6, 1; Gell. 5, 17; Fest. s. v. nonarum, p. 179 Müll.; id. s. v. religiosus, p. 278 Müll.; Ov. A. A. 1, 418; Macr. S. 1, 15 fin. and 16; Afran. ap. Non. p. 73, 33:

    si atro die faxit insciens, probe factum esto,

    Liv. 22, 10.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Rare and poet., of mind or feeling, malevolent, malicious, virulent (cf. niger, II. D., and the Gr. melas, II. 4 Lidd. and Scott):

    versus,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 30:

    si quis atro dente me petiverit,

    id. Epod. 6, 15.—
    2.
    Also poet. of something difficult to be understood, dark, obscure (so melas, Anth. Pal. 11, 347):

    latebrae Lycophronis atri,

    Stat. p. 5, 3, 157.— Comp. v. supra, I.— Sup. and adv. not used.
    2.

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  • 20 injustum

    I.
    In gen., unsuitable, oppressive, excessive (rare):

    onus ( = immodicum),

    Cic. Or. 10, 35:

    faenus,

    Liv. 42, 5:

    injustis collatum viribus hostem,

    unequal, Stat. Th. 6, 774.—
    II.
    In partic., unjust, wrongful:

    vir maleficus naturā et injustus,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 57; id. Fl. 38, 97:

    noverca,

    harsh, severe, Verg. E. 3, 33:

    homine imperito numquam quidquam injustius,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 18:

    emori, ne aliquid faciat injustum,

    Lact. 5, 13, 15:

    Samnites Sidicinis injusta arma cum intulissent,

    Liv. 7, 29, 4:

    injusto carpere dente,

    with envious, malicious tooth, Ov. P. 3, 4, 73:

    mare,

    id. Am. 2, 11, 12:

    iracundia,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 50, 203:

    id quam injustum in patriam... esset, non videbat,

    id. Off. 3, 21, 82:

    injustissima atque acerbissima incommoda,

    id. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    injustaque regna tenebat,

    unjustly gotten, Ov. M. 5, 277.— Subst.: injustum, i, n., injustice:

    jura inventa metu injusti fateare necesse est,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 111. — Adv.: injustē.
    1.
    In gen., i. q. injuriā, wrongfully, unfairly:

    morbus non injuste terret,

    not without cause, Cels. 7, 3.—
    2.
    In partic., unjustly:

    imperare alicui,

    Plaut. Capt 2, 2, 58: in aliquem dicere, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 59:

    facis injuste si putas, etc.,

    Cic. Fl. 17, 41; id. Off. 1, 7, 23; 3, 21, 84 al.:

    male et injuste facere,

    Nep. Them. 7 fin. — Sup.:

    injustissime,

    Sall. J. 85, 43.

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