malitiose Latin · revision 34377

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la malus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''malitiōsē''' (comparative malitiōsius)^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|malitiōsus|-ē|t1=wicked, malicious]].^(OLD 2012) The adjective is formed from [[m|la|malitia|t=wickedness]], from [[m|la|malus#1|t=bad]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) for that word de Vaan reports Ernout and Meillet's comparison with [[sga|mell|t=destruction]] and [[grc|μέλεος|tr=méleos|t=idle; unhappy]], under [[ine-pro|*mol-o-|t=bad]], which he finds semantically fine but uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Conte cites it from Plautus (c. 250–184 BC), in the ''Casina''.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means with evil intent, maliciously or in bad faith;^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(OLD 2012) Georges and Conte cite it from Cicero and Nepos, and the comparative ''malitiōsius'' is found.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(OLD 2012) It lived on in Medieval Latin: British writers and records use it of treating someone maliciously, of envying good people, and, in a manor record of 1292, of a man who maliciously assaulted his stepmother.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it in the ''Casina''.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos uses it.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1292 – An English manor record uses it of a malicious assault.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # With evil intent, [[m|en|maliciously]]; [[m|en|knavishly]], in bad faith.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}