evil (adj.) Copy link • evil (adj.): mălus, prāvus, imprŏbus: v. bad, wicked. Phr.: to be in e. case, male se habere, Ter.: to look with an e. eye upon, invĭdēre (with dat.): more precisely, (oculis) fascinare, cf. Virg. E. 3, 103.