I.pestilential, infected, unhealthy, unwholesome (class.).
I. Lit.: “loci (opp. salubres),” Cic. Fat. 4, 7: “pestilens et gravis aspiratio,” id. Div. 1, 57, 130: “Africus,” Hor. C. 3, 23, 5: “aedes,” Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54.—With dat.: “annus urbi,” Liv. 3, 6: “aestas animalibus,” id. 5, 16. —Comp.: “fundus pestilentior,” Varr. R. R. 1, 4: “annus,” Liv. 4, 21.—Sup.: “gravissimus et pestilentissimus annus,” Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 4. —
II. Trop., pestilent, noxious, destructive (class.): “homo pestilentior patriā suā,” Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1: “pestilens collegae munus esse,” Liv. 2, 71: “invidia,” Sen. Hippol. 489. —Subst.: pestĭlens , entis, m., a pestilent fellow, Vulg. 1 Macc. 15, 3.
