Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 921 (Envy)

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#921. Envy. -- N. envy; enviousness &c. adj.; rivalry; jalousie de milier[Fr]; illwill, spite.

V. envy, covet, burst with envy.

Adj. envious, invidious, covetous; alieni appetens[Lat].

Phr. " base envy withers at another's joy " [Thomson]; caeca invidia est [Lat][Livy]; multa petentibus desunt multa [Lat][Horace]; summa petit livor [Lat][Ovid].