MAL 
MAL 
MAL 
MXLfc (malus), adv. comparat. pejus, su- 
perlat. pessime, badly, ill, wrongly, amiss, 
wickedly. Cic. olere. Attic, in Cic. 
F.p. facere, to act unwisely. Cic. Ma¬ 
le facere, or Malefacere alieui, to in¬ 
jure, harm a person. Plant, velle alieui, 
to wish ill to, detest. Cic. cogitare de ali- 
quo, to intend or plot harm against. Cic. 
loqui, to speak ill, talk irrationally, ab¬ 
surdly or foolishly. Terent. loqui alieui, 
to speak ill of any one. Thus, also, Cic. 
male dicere, to speak absurdly. Id. Ma¬ 
le dicere, or maledicere alieui, to abuse, 
to slander, revile, speak ill of a person. 
(See Maledico.) Cic. Male accipere ver¬ 
bis aliquem, to use ill language to, abuse. 
■Cals. Agmen adversariorum male ha¬ 
bere, to molest, annof, harass. Thus, 
Nepos. Antigonum male acceptum in 
Mediam coegit redire, roughly handled. 
Sallust. Prceliuin male pugnatum, un¬ 
successfully ; and Terent. Hoc male habet 
viruin, this is what annoys him. Thus, Id. 
Male se habere, to be in trouble or uneasi¬ 
ness, to be dejected, low-spirited. Plant. 
Animo male est, I fed myself unwell , or 
it grieves me. Thus, also, Plant. Animo 
male tit. Cic. Antonio male sit! come 
to some harm. Terent. Res tibi vertat 
male, much good may it do you.' may it 
turnout to your loss ! -IT Also, badly, 
not quite us it ought to be, or should be, of 
a faulty superfluity or deficiency. IIo- 
rat. Male lippus, too blind. Cic. facere 
sponsionem, h. c. wrongly. Id. percipe- 
re fructus. JYcpos. consulere patriae. 
Thus, also, Id. pejus consulere. Te¬ 
nd. pessime in aliquem consulere. 
Cic. Male vestitus. Ovid, gratus. Id. 
sanus. Sueton. Male prrecinctns. Hu¬ 
nt. Digitus male pertinax, fcigncdly. 
Val. Flacc. Male 1 ictus, with feigned joy. 
Terent. Male conciiiare. -— Cic. 
Male emere, to buy at too high a price, jto 
main a had bargain. Id. vendere, too 
low, too cheap. -IT Sometimes, much, 
exceedingly. Coes, in Cic. ad Attic. Non 
dubito, quin me male oderit. Terent.. 
Male inetuo. Horat. Male rauci. Id. 
Calceus male laxus.-IT Also, scarce 
hj, hardly. Ilorat. Male tangentis. Ov¬ 
id. Male viva. Id. se continere. Liv. 
sustmere arma. - IT Unseasonably. 
Horat. Cuimale si palpere.-11 Mis¬ 
erably. Auct.. B. Afric. vagari. - 
11 III, unfortunately. Cais. cadere, i. e. 
to turn out ill. Ilorat. vivere, to live 
wretchedly (the opposite is rectevivere). 
Cic. Factum male de Alexion e,old great 
misfortune. 
MXLEX,and MALeX (M aXia, and MuA- 
£ia), re, f. a promontory in Peloponnesus, at 
the south of Laconia , now cape Malio or 
cape S. Angelo. Ovid. — Hence, Male- 
us, a, uni, adj. he'aauincr to the promon¬ 
tory of Malta. Flor. 
MXLEDICaX, or MALE DICaX (male- 
o dico), acis, adj. slanderous, foul-mouthed. 
Plant. 
MALEDKCe (maledicus), adv. slanderous 
l, j, abusively. Cic. 
MXLEDICENS (maledico), tis, adj. slan 
herons, abusive, scurrilous. Plant. U 
nunc sunt maledicentes homines. Id 
Maledicentior. Oell. Maledicentissi 
..”' a ! n , ■jbrum conscribere. 
LEDiCENTIX (Id.), re, f. slander, ob 
\ni"$J,-i traction > backbiting. Oell. 
LiflhCO (male & dico), is, ixi, ictinn 
• ■ to speak ill , absurdly, irrationally 
‘c. in this sense, it is generally writ 
»l,”n e / ico - (S«e Male-) -^ T 
mati III of rail or carp at, revile, slan 
, asperse, abuse, reproach. Cic. ali 
am, alif P'em. Also, withou 
anil r* Se de P en ding upon it. Terent 
ticin^ C -Maledictus, a, urn, pat 
coil ac eursed. Spartian. See Maledi 
Ufaf ? 10 '? 6 (ma,edi( 
T&r, ^traction, 
malediction. Cic 
Me&rt- CTIT6 ’ orMX 
TV ,Ct,t °)’ as > n. 1 
MxTfiftSK* Plaut - 
(mated 
Mxiin-, rf ,S (s - Cato. 
"XLEDICTUM (Id.) 
ailing accusation ; ’, 
u1 B r 'L ?iusive lan Swa 
m aliquem dicere, 
jicere.-IT Also, an imprecation, curse. 
Plin. -IT Also, mischievous talk. Sal¬ 
lust. 
MXLEDICTCS, a, urn, particip. of rnaledi- 
3 co. See Maledico. 
MXLEDICOS (Id.), a, um, adj. slanderous, 
1 foul-mouthed, backbiting, reproachful, 
scurrilous, abusive. Cic. ( Comp. Maledi¬ 
centior, and superl. Maledicentissimus. 
See Maledicens.) 
MALEFABER (male & faber), bra, brum, 
3 adj. badly devised ; cunning, crafty, sly, 
subtle. Prudent. 
MALEFACIO (male & facio), acis, eci, ac- 
■1 turn, n. 3. to do a thing badly, act badly. 
In this sense, it is generally written 
male facio. (See Male.) -IT Also, to 
do harm or mischief, injure, hurt, harm. 
Terent. 
MALEFACTOR (malefacio), oris, m. an 
3 evil-doer, one that injures another person. 
Plant. 
MXLEFaCTUM (Id.), i, n. an ill turn 
1 or deed; an injury. Cic. 
MXLEFICe (maleticus), adv. badly, to the 
3 injury of others, wickedly, mischievously. 
Plant. 
MXLEFICENTIX (Id.), re, f. the doing of 
2 bad things, acting to the injury of others, 
mischievousness. Plin. 
MALEFIC! UM (Id.), ii, n. a bad action, 
misdeed; mischief, wickedness (opp. to be- 
neficium). Cic. committere. Id. admit- 
tere. Plin. Adulterator seminis succo: 
vixque maleficium deprehenditur, the 
cheat. -IT Hence, the infliction of 
injury or harm. Ctr.s. Sine maleficio, 
h. e. without committing any outrage. - 
Any thing injurious, noxious or perni¬ 
cious. Hence, Maleficia, noxious ani¬ 
mals, as snaelc. Sec. Plin. Urceis acetum 
habentibus leguminum acervos superin- 
gerunt, ita non nasci maleficia creden- 
tes.-II Also, witchcraft, sorcery. 
Apul. 
MXLEFICE S (malefacio), a, tun, adj. hurt¬ 
ful, ill-disposed, mischievous, rillaiwus, 
malicious, wicked. Plant. Malefiei mo¬ 
res. Cic. homo. Sueton. Maleficen- 
Same as Male feria- 
tus, Sec. 
tissimus.-H Also, hurtful, injurious, 
pernicious. Sueton. superstitio. Plin. 
Malefica sidera. Id. Capras, maleti- 
cuin frondibus animal. —— 11 Also, un- 
propitious, unfavorable. JVepos. natura, 
&c.-11 Also, an enchanter, charmer. 
Cod. Just. -11 Another reading is Ma- 
lifieus, as in Plant. Mil. 2, 2. 39. and 
Pseud. 1,2, 61. 
MaLEFkRIaTOS, 
MXLEFiDtiS, 
MXLEFORTIS, 
MXLELOQUAX, 
MXLENATCS, 
MALEOLeNS, and 
MXLESANiiS. 
MALESITaDuS (male & suadeo), a, urn', 
3 adj. same as Male suadens, ill-advising, 
persuading to do wrong. Virg. and 
Plant. 
M XLETRACTATIO (male & tracto), 
3 onis, f. bad treatment. See Male. 
MaLeVeNTUM (pa\bcts, abounding in 
apples), i, n. a town in Italy, the name 
of which, as being of ill omen, was 
changed into Beneventum. Liv. 
MALEVOLeNS, and MXLIVOLeNS (ma- 
1 le & volo), entis, adj. ill-disposed, dis¬ 
affected, bearing ill-will, envious, ill-natur¬ 
ed, spiteful, malevolent. Plaut. Est mise- 
rorum, lit malevolentes sint. Cic. Ma¬ 
le volentissimai obtrectationes. 
MALEVOLENT!A, and MXLIVOLeN- 
TIA (malevolens), ie, f. pleasure at the 
misfortunes of others , disaffection, hatred, 
ill-will, envy, spite, malice, malevolence. 
Cic. 
MALE VOLOS, and MALI VOLOS (male 
& volo), a, urn, adj. disaffected, malevo¬ 
lent, invidious, envious, spiteful, ill-dispos¬ 
ed, ill-natured. Cic. alieui. Id. in ali¬ 
quem. Id. Malevoli sermones. - 
II It is also used as a subst. Cic. 
MXLkOS, a, um. S eefilalea. 
MaLIXCOS, a, um, adj. Liv. sinus, in 
Thessaly, opposite Eubrea; perhaps 
named from a town Alalia. — Hence, Ma- 
liensis, e, Malian, Liv. ager. — Also, 
Malms, a, um, Malian. Calull. 
MaLICORIUM, ii, n. the rind or outward 
coat of a pomegranate. Plin. 
MALIENSIS. See Maliacus. 
517 
MALIFER (malum & fero), a, um, adj 
3 bearing apples. Virg. 
MALIFICuS. See Maleficus. 
MALIGNE (malignus), adv. malignantly, 
2 maliciously, malignly, spitefully, envious¬ 
ly, KaKor/Ubs. Liv. loqui. Curt. Cum 
suspicaretur, malignius habitum esse 
sermonem.-IT Hence, too sparingly, 
niggardly, grudgingly, hardly. Liv. 
Muteriam priebebat criminibus agerma- 
ligne plebi divisus. Calull. Non mihi 
fuit tarn maligne, ut, &c. she was not so 
chary of her charms, as, &c. Sencc. Ma¬ 
ligne famem extinguere. Horat. lauda 
re. Petron. - if Thence, little, not 
much. Senec. CLii per fores maligne 
apertas non intrat, sed illabitur, half 
closed, half-shut. Plin. Mini go maligne 
virens, of a dead or pale green. 
MXLIGNITaS (Id.), atis, I.malignity, ill¬ 
'll trill, envy, spite, malice, malevolence. Liv. 
and Sueton. -H Also, stinginess, illib 
erality, niggardliness. Plaut. and Liv. 
-If Also, bad condition or quality, as 
of vines. Colum. 
MALIGNS (Id.), as, a. n. 1. Amm. ve- 
3 nena, h. e. to mix poison with an evil in¬ 
tent. 
MALIGNOS (for maligenus, h. e. mali 
2 generis), a, um, adj. properly, of bad 
quality or disposition. Hence, bad, ma¬ 
licious, wicked. Ilorat. caupo. Suet. 
sermo. Sencc. Capita malignissinia. 
Virg. Oculis malignis spectare. Ovid. 
leges. Stat. tellus, a bad road. - 
11 Also, envious. Ilorat. vulgus. - 
If Also, noxious. Ovid, stujdia. Calp. 
lolium.-11 Also, stingy, niggardly, 
illiberal, too sparing. Quintil. in laudan- 
dis discipulorum dictionibus. Hence, 
figur. barren, unfruitful. Plin. terra. 
Virg. collis. Also, figur. sparing, h. e. 
little, small, narrow, scanty. Virg. lux. 
Id. aditus. Scnec. ostium.-it Also, 
cold, reserved in one's demeanor towards 
another person, Terent., or, prudish, coy. 
Ovid. 
MALILOQ.UAX (male & loquax), acis, 
3 adj. speaking ill, slanderous. P. Syrus. 
MXLILOQCJiUM (male & loquor), ii, n. 
3 evil-speaking, slander. Tertull. 
MaLINOS (pr/Xivos, D*r. paXiv »f), a, um, 
2 adj. of an apple-tree. Plin. pruna, h. e. 
groften 1 upon apple-trees. 
MaLITaS (malus, a, um), atis, f. harm, 
3 evil. Pnvdcct. 
MALITIA (Id.), re, f. bad quality. Hence, 
wickedness, vice, the doing mischief design¬ 
edly, malice, perversity, villany, artful¬ 
ness, cunning, craft. Cic. and Sallust. 
Also, in the plural, Cic. Everriculum 
malitiarum omnium, of every species 
of villany. Also, jocosely, roguery, 
&c. Cic. Nisi tua malitia affuisset. 
Also, art, cunning, artifice, stratagem , 
trick. Cic. Indicabo malitiam meam. 
-If Also, of inanimate things, bad¬ 
ness, bad condition or quality. Pallad. 
terric. Id. arboris, li. e. unfruit fulness. 
MALITIoSe (malitiosns), adverb, mali¬ 
ciously, deceitfully, craftily, artfully, kna- 
vishly, perfidiously, KaKorexvan;. Cic. 
Malitiose facere. Id. Malitiosius. 
MXLITI6SITAS (Id.), atis, f. malice, arl- 
3 fulness, knavishness. Tertull. 
MALITI5S0S (malitia), a, um, adj. ma¬ 
licious, crafty, knavish, cunning, navovp- 
ycq. Cic. -11 Silva malitiosa, a for¬ 
est in the country of the Sabini. Liv. 
MALIVOLUS. See Malevolus. 
MALLEAT5R (malieo), oris, m. one who 
3 worlcs with a mallet or hammer, o otpvpa 
iXaivwv. Martial. 
MaLLEaTOS (Id.), a, um, partic. wrought 
2 or beaten with a mallet or hummer, ham¬ 
mered, malleated. Pandect. 
MaLLEOLaRIS (malieo us), e, adj. rclat- 
2 ing to a vine sprout, uo<rxevpaTU<6s. 
Colum. 
MaLLEOLOS (malleus), l, m. a small 
mallet or hammer, cuftbpion. Cels - 
IT Also, a mallet shoot, 1. e. the new shoot 
of a tree or a vine, springing from a rod 
or branch of the former year, cut off for the, 
sake of planting, with a bit of the old wood 
on each side of it, in the form of a mallet. 
Colum. -IT Also, a kind of fire dart, 
which they used to shoot at the buildings of 
a besieged taxon, to set them on fire. Cic. 
mid Liv. 
MaLLEOS (unc.), i, m. a mallet, hammer, 
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