invidiosus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

invĭdĭōsus, a, um, adj. [invidia].

I Full of envy , envious , invidious , hostile (i. q. invidus; class.): illa peraeque Prae se formosis invidiosa dea est, Prop. 2, 28, 10 (3, 24, 10): vetustas, Ov. M. 15, 234.—

II Enviable : possessiones, Cic. Agr. 2, 26 init. ; cf. id. Font. 5, 9: pecunia, id. Balb. 25, 66; so, nec curis erat (Pactolus) invidiosus harenis, by reason of , Ov. M. 11, 88; cf.: invidiosior mors, id. ib. 7, 603; and in a good sense, Prop. 2, 1, 73: spes procorum, desired , longed for , Ov. M. 4, 794; 9, 10: praemia, id. ib. 13, 414: solacia, Juv. 13, 179.—

III Exciting envy or hatred , envied , hated , hateful , odious (i. q. invisus): etiam si is invidiosus ac multis offensus esse videatur, Cic. Clu. 58: damnatio, id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42: triumphum accipere, invidiosum ad bonos, id. Att. 8, 3, 6: in eos, id. Cael. 9: invidiosis nominibus utebatur consul, Liv. 34, 7: invidiosa oratione multitudo credula accenditur, Just. 2, 8, 9: laudatrix Venus mihi, Ov. H. 17, 126. — Sup. : invidiosissimus, Cic. Font. 5; id. Clu. 37, 103; Sen. Contr. 31 fin. — Hence, invĭdĭōsē , adv., enviously , invidiously; hatefully , odiously (class.): dicere, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 47; id. Mil. 5; Sen. Ep. 87; Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28.— Comp. : expulsus, Vell. 2, 45.

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