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mālle prefer
mālle is a Latin Verb that primarily means prefer.
Definitions for mālle
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to want (something) more, instead; prefer
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To wish rather, prefer: (a) (w. acc. and inf.). (b) (w. inf.). (c) (w. ut, ne; w. subj.). (d) (ellipt.).
- 2
(w. acc.) To like better, prefer to have. (b) (w. acc. and dat.) to prefer (one thing) to (another).
- 3
(w. acc. and inf.) To prefer the view (that).
Sentences with mālle
Latin to English
Quīdam mālunt crēdere omnēs esse parēs.Compare Certain men prefer to believe that all men are equal.
Māvult haec sapientius facere nē hanc quidem occasiōnem āmittat.Compare He prefers to do these things more wisely so that he may not lose this occasion at least.
Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat. dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.Compare My mistress says, there's not a man of all the many that she knows, she'd rather wed than me, not one, though Jove himself were to propose. She says so: but what woman says to him who fancies he has caught her, 'tis only fit it should be writ in air or running water. (Tr. Theodore Martin)
Bono vinci satius est quam malo more iniuriam vincere.Compare A good man would rather suffer defeat than defeat injustice by foul means.
Conjugation table for mālle
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| mālō māvīs māvult mālumus māvultis mālunt | mālēbam mālēbās mālēbat mālēbāmus mālēbātis mālēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| māluī māluistī māluit māluimus māluistis māluērunt / māluēre | mālueram māluerās māluerat māluerāmus māluerātis māluerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| mālam mālēs mālet mālēmus mālētis mālent | māluerō mālueris māluerit māluerimus mālueritis māluerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| mālim mālīs mālit mālīmus mālītis mālint | māllem māllēs māllet māllēmus māllētis māllent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| māluerim mālueris māluerit māluerimus mālueritis māluerint | māluissem māluissēs māluisset māluissēmus māluissētis māluissent |
Infinitive present mālle Infinitive perfect māluisse Infinitive future - | Imperative present - - Imperative future - - - - |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| mālēns | mālentēs | |
| mālēns | mālentēs | |
| mālēns | mālentēs | |
| mālēns | mālentēs | |
| mālēns | mālentēs | |
| Participle future active | ||
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| Gerundive | ||
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | ||
| - | ||
| - | ||
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | mālēns | mālentēs |
| Gen. | mālentis | mālentium |
| Dat. | mālentī | mālentibus |
| Acc. | mālentem | mālentēs |
| Abl. | mālente | mālentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | - | - |
| Gen. | - | - |
| Dat. | - | - |
| Acc. | - | - |
| Abl. | - | - |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | - | - |
| Gen. | - | - |
| Dat. | - | - |
| Acc. | - | - |
| Abl. | - | - |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | - | - |
| Gen. | - | - |
| Dat. | - | - |
| Acc. | - | - |
| Abl. | - | - |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | - | - |
| Gen. | - | - |
| Dat. | - | |
| Acc. | - | |
| Abl. | - | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 223.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1068.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "mālō, mālle, māluī (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 27, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/malo-malle-malui.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 223.on page 223
