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malus is a Latin Adjective that primarily means bad.
Adjective
bad, wicked, evil
English derivatives:
malice malicious malign malignant malaria malady malefactor malfeasance malevolent mal- a prefix as in maladjustment malnutrition maltreat malapropos
Adjective
Unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad. (b) trouble, distress, misfortune. (c) old age. (d) an (unidentified) form of torture.
Unpleasant to the senses.
Wicked, evil, mischievous, bad. (a) (of persons or their character). (b) (of actions, desires, etc.) (c) deliberate deception, malice aforethought. (d) bad faith, dishonesty; consciousness of wrongdoing, a bad conscience.
Harmful, noxious. (b) (of spells, imprecations, etc.).
Unkind, unfavourable, hostile. (a) (of persons or gods). (b) (of actions). (c) (of wds. or remarks) insulting, abusive.
Puerī mala non amant.Compare The boys do not love bad things.
Abeat ā patriā iste homō malus quī odium omnium cīvium bonōrum passus est.Compare Let that evil man depart from his country—he who has endured the hatred of all good citizens.
Malum est cōnsilium quod mūtārī nōn potest.Compare It's a bad plan that can't be changed.
Quio res audacter magnas parvasque iocumque eloqueretur sed cura, malaque et bona dictu evomeret si qui vellet tutoque locaret; quorum multa volup ac qaudia clamque palamque, ingenium quoi nulla malum sententia suadet ut faceret facinus levis aut malus.Compare To him he would speak frankly of matters great and small, tell jokes, and, if he so wished, speak well or ill of anything, confident of the other's discretion. With this companion he spent many an agreeable, happy hour, both with others and alone. He had such a disposition that he never deliberately perpetrated a misdeed nor lightly gave offense.
Paulo hoc melius quam mediocre, hoc minus malum quam ut pessumum.Compare It's a little better than mediocre, a little less bad than the worst.
En miser homo! Si dolor summus malum sum, dico aliter non possum.Compare Lo a wretched man! If pain is the greatest evil, he cannot be called otherwise.
Atque hic malus omnis culpa fortuna sustineo.Compare And fortune bears the blame of all these evils.
Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum: mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo, parva metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras ingrediturgue solo et caput inter nubila condit.Compare Rumor, the swiftest traveler of all the ills on earth, thriving on movement, gathering strength as it goes; at the start a small and cowardly thing, it soon puffs itself up, and walking upon the ground, buries its head in the cloud-base.
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Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "malus, mala, malum (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed September 7, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/malus-mala-malum.
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