Lewis & Short

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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.