mălĕvŏlus (mălĭv-), a, um, adj. [male-volo], ill-disposed towards any one, disaffected, envious, spiteful, malevolent.
I Adj. with dat., or in with acc. (class.): si omnibus est malevolus, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 7: Cato in me turpiter fuit malevolus, id. Att. 7, 2, 7.—Transf., of things: sermones, Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 10.—
II Substt .
A Mă-lĕvŏlus , i, m., an ill-disposed person, a foe, an enemy : omnium malevolorum, iniquorum, invidiosorum animos frangerem, Cic. Balb. 25, 56: et invidi et malevoli et lividi, id. Tusc. 4, 12, 28.—
B Mălĕvŏla , ae, f., a female enemy, foe : mea inimica et malevola, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 181.
V —Hence, mălĕvŏlē , adv., malevolently (late Lat.), Aug. in Psa. 68, Serm. 27.