malitiosus

Latin

Etymology

From malitia +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.li.tiˈoː.sus/, [mälʲɪt̪iˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.lit.t͡siˈo.sus/, [mälit̪ː͡s̪iˈɔːs̬us]

Adjective

malitiōsus (feminine malitiōsa, neuter malitiōsum, comparative malitiōsior); first/second-declension adjective

1. malicious, wicked
2. crafty
3. spiteful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	malitiōsus	malitiōsa	malitiōsum		malitiōsī	malitiōsae	malitiōsa
Genitive	malitiōsī	malitiōsae	malitiōsī		malitiōsōrum	malitiōsārum	malitiōsōrum
Dative	malitiōsō		malitiōsō		malitiōsīs
Accusative	malitiōsum	malitiōsam	malitiōsum		malitiōsōs	malitiōsās	malitiōsa
Ablative	malitiōsō	malitiōsā	malitiōsō		malitiōsīs
Vocative	malitiōse	malitiōsa	malitiōsum		malitiōsī	malitiōsae	malitiōsa

Related terms

• malitia

Descendants

• Catalan: maliciós
• English: malicious
• French: malicieux
• Galician: malicioso
• Italian: malizioso
• Portuguese: malicioso
• Romanian: malițios
• Spanish: malicioso

References

• “malitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “malitiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• malitiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.