mălĕvŏlens (mălĭvŏl-), entis, adj. [male-volens],
ill-disposed, disaffected, envious, spiteful, malevolent (very rare, and in posit. ante-class.): est miserorum ut malevolentes sint, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 51: ingenium, id. Bacch. 4, 3, 4.— Sup. : malevolentissimae obtrectationes, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 7; 1, 9, 17.—As subst.: mălĕvŏlens , entis, m., a spiteful person, an enemy : jam meo malost quod malevolentes gaudeant, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67: (manu) malam rem mittunt malevolentibus, id. Ps. 4, 2, 49.