a. Obs. [ad. L. Vatīniān-us, f. Vatīnius ‘a Roman, whom all men hated for his odious behaviour’ (Blount, 1674).] Of hatred: Bitter, intense, violent.
After L. odium Vatinianum (Catullus xiv. 3).
1607. Walkington, Opt. Glasse, 2. The viperous and vatinian deadly hate.
1631. R. H., Arraignm. Whole Creature, xvi. 284. King Philip of France hating King Richard the first of England: with a vatinian deadly hatred.
1654. R. Whitlock, Ζωοτομια, 256. The Vatinian hatred of Books and Authors in Religious and Politick Differences.
