evil (subs.) Copy link • evil (subs.): mălum: of e.s choose the least, minima malorum eligenda, Cic.: to be an e., in malis esse, Cic.: a very Iliad of e.s (prov.), malorum Ilias, Cic. Att. 8, 11. Phr.: no e., nihil mali, Cic.: to speak e. of a man, maledicere alicui, Cic. (v. to abuse, revile): to wish e. to any one, male velle alicui, Pl.: e. take the hindmost, occupet extremum scabies, Hor. A. P. 417: e. befal that man, dii isti male faciant! Cic. Fam. 11, 21. The king's e., scrofulae, arum, Veg.