malesuadus

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

mălĕsuādus, a, um, adj. [male-suadeo],

ill-advising, seductive (poet.): Illa hanc corrumpit mulierem viti malesuada plena, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 56 Lorenz ad loc. (al. vitilena): interpres, Sid. Ep. 7, 5.— Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things; of wine: malesuadi pocula succi, Paul. Nol. Carm. 6, 69: Fames, Verg. A. 6, 276.

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