malice Copy link • malice: mălĕvŏlentia (cf. malevolence): through m. and envy, m. et invidiâ, Sall. Cat. 3: a soul free from all taint of m. towards others, animus nulla in ceteros m. suffusus, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 8. See also ILL-WILL. (N.B.--Malitia is cunning for evil purposes: cf. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 71, malitia vult videri se esse prudentiam: also, id. N. D. 3, 30, 75, est malitia versuta et fallax nocendi ratio. Malignitas is jealousy, and ill-feeling rising out of it.)
MALICE Copy link • MALICEmalitia (explained, Cic., N.D., 3, 30, 75, by versuta et fallax nocendi ratio): improbitas (unjust, dishonest disposition): to do anything out of malice., aliquid malitiose facere.