MALUS, malus
Sounds Like: MAH-loos
Translations: 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
From the root: MALUS
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: MALUS is a versatile Latin word that can function as an adjective or a noun. As an adjective, it describes something morally corrupt, harmful, or of poor quality. It can also describe something physically ugly or unfortunate. As a noun, it can refer to 'evil' or 'misfortune' (often in the neuter plural 'mala'), or, in a completely different sense, to an 'apple tree' or a 'mast' of a ship. The meaning depends heavily on context and gender/number.
Inflection: Adjective: Masculine, Feminine, Neuter (all cases, singular and plural); Noun: Masculine (nominative singular for 'apple tree' or 'mast'), Neuter (nominative/accusative singular for 'evil thing', 'misfortune')
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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
- MALO — evil, bad, wicked, harmful, a bad thing, an evil
- PESSIMA — worst, most evil, very bad, a worst, the worst
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