malo, malle, malui, -:
Verb · 6th conjugation · variant: 2nd
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
prefer; incline toward, wish rather;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | malo | malumus |
| 3 | — | malunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | malle |
| active | perfect | maluisse |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | mali | malite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | malito | malitote |
| 3 | malito | malunto |
Participles
Present Active Participle
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | malentia |
| Acc. | malens | malentia |
| Voc. | — | malentia |
Examples
- P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...fatis Italum castra obsidione tenentur sive errore malo Troiae monitisque sinistris. nec Rutulos solvo. sua cuique exorsa laborem..." - P
Ecloga III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...munera sunt, lauri et suave rubens hyacinthus. Damoetas Malo me Galatea petit, lasciva puella, et fugit ad salices..." - P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...fetu nucis arbutus horrida, et steriles platani malos gessere ualentis, castaneae fagos; ornusque incanuit albo flore piri glandemque..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...quid ego ignaris nequiquam conquerar auris, externata malo, quae nullis sensibus auctae nec missas audire queunt nec reddere..." - M
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...aequitate, quam ostendis. sed uti oratione perpetua malo quam interrogare aut interrogari. Ut placet, inquam. Tum dicere exorsus..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...enim, si malum est dolor, carere eo malo satis est ad bene vivendum. hoc dixerit potius Ennius: 'Nimium..." - M
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...nostro notam esse oportebit; nam his libris eum malo quam reliquo ornatu villae delectari. est enim mihi magnae..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...volucrem traiecto in fune columbam, quo tendant ferrum, malo suspendit ab alto. convenere viri deiectamque aerea sortem accepit..."