MALO, malo
Sounds Like: MAH-loh
Translations: evil, bad, wicked, harmful, a bad thing, an evil
From the root: MALUS
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'bad', 'evil', or 'wicked'. It can also function as a noun, referring to 'an evil' or 'a bad thing'. It is often used to describe actions, people, or situations that are morally corrupt or harmful. In the provided context, 'MALO' is the dative or ablative singular form of the adjective 'malus', meaning 'to/for an evil' or 'by/with an evil'.
Inflection: Singular, Dative or Ablative, Masculine or Neuter
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 11:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, MALUS.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- MALA — bad, evil, wicked, harmful, unfortunate, an apple, apples, misfortunes, jaw, cheekbone
- MALAS — bad, evil, wicked, harmful, a bad thing, an evil thing, (accusative plural) bad things, evil things
- MALIS — (to) bad, (to) evil, (to) wicked, (by) bad, (by) evil, (by) wicked, (to) an apple, (by) an apple, (to) apples, (by) apples, (to) a mast, (by) a mast, (to) masts, (by) masts
- MALUS — bad, evil, wicked, harmful, ugly, unfortunate, a bad thing, an evil thing, misfortune, a bad person, an evil person, an apple tree, a mast, a pole
- PESSIMA — worst, most evil, very bad, a worst, the worst
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