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pestĭlens, entis, adj. [pestis], pestilential, infected, unhealthy, unwholesome (class.).

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

pestĭlentĭa, ae, f. [pestilens], an infectious or contagious disease, a plague, pest, pestilence.

  1. I. Lit. (class.): Massilienses gravi pestilentiā conflictati, Caes. B. C. 2, 22; Cic. Off. 2, 5, 16: pestilentia gravis incidit in urbem, Liv. 27, 23: pestilentiae contagia prohibere, Plin. 23, 8, 80, § 157; Cels. 1, 10; 2, 1; 3, 7 init.
    1. B. Transf., an unwholesome atmosphere, weather, or region (class.): agrorum genus propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum, Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70: pestilentiae signa (opp. signa salubritatis), id. Div. 1, 5, 7: pestilentiae possessores, id. Agr. 1, 5, 15.
  2. II. Trop., a plague, pest, pestilence (poet. and in postclass. prose): oratio plena veneni et pestilentiae, Cat. 44, 11: cathedra pestilentiae, the seat of the scornful, Vulg. Psa. 1, 1.
    In plur.: animorum labes et pestilentiae, Gell. 1, 2, 4.