malo
Dictionary entries
- Entry →malus, mala, malum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
bad, evil, wicked; ugly; unlucky;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →malus, mali:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
apple tree;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →malus, mali:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
mast; beam; tall pole, upright pole; standard, prop, staff;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →malum, mali:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
apple; fruit; lemon; quince;; evil, mischief; disaster, misfortune, calamity, plague; punishment; harm/hurt;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →malo, malle, malui, -:
Verb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
prefer; incline toward, wish rather;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."
