"male" meaning in Latin

See male in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈma.le/ [Classical], [ˈmäɫ̪ɛ] [Classical], /ˈma.le/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmäːle] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: pēius [comparative], pessimē [superlative]
Etymology: From malus (“bad, wicked”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*mel-}}, {{m|la|malus||bad, wicked}} malus (“bad, wicked”) Head templates: {{la-adv|male|pēius|pessimē}} male (comparative pēius, superlative pessimē)
  1. badly
    Sense id: en-male-la-adv-sX36nIft
  2. wrongly Synonyms: prāvē
    Sense id: en-male-la-adv-VkaM98VJ
  3. cruelly, wickedly
    Sense id: en-male-la-adv-QrYD35HB Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 53 44
  4. not much; feebly
    Sense id: en-male-la-adv-X0pO10db Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 53 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: maledīcō, malefaciō, nōn male Related terms: malus

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "maledīcō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "malefaciō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nōn male"
    }
  ],
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      "text": "Aragonese: mal"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "Asturian: mal",
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        }
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      "text": "Asturian: mal"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "expansion": "Catalan: mal",
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      "text": "Catalan: mal"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "mal",
            "3": "mul"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: mal, mul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: mal, mul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "French: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "mâl"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: mâl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: mâl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "male"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: male",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: male"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-leo",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Leonese: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Leonese: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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      "text": "Mozarabic: mal"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: mal\nFala: mal\nGalician: mal\nPortuguese: mal (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: mal\nFala: mal\nGalician: mal\nPortuguese: mal (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "mabi",
            "3": "mai",
            "4": "mali",
            "5": "male"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: mabi, mai, mali, male",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: mabi, mai, mali, male"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "mali"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: mali",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: mali"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "mal",
            "3": "małe"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: mal, małe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: mal, małe"
    }
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "bad, wicked"
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      "expansion": "malus (“bad, wicked”)",
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  "etymology_text": "From malus (“bad, wicked”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pēius",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pessimē",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "malus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "bene"
        }
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It is better to die well than to live badly.",
          "ref": "1413, Jan Hus, Epistola ad Iohannem de Reinstein",
          "text": "Melius est bene morī quam male vīvere."
        }
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        "badly"
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      "links": [
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          "badly",
          "badly"
        ]
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        "wrongly"
      ],
      "id": "en-male-la-adv-VkaM98VJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "wrongly",
          "wrongly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prāvē"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "2 2 53 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cruelly, wickedly"
      ],
      "id": "en-male-la-adv-QrYD35HB",
      "links": [
        [
          "cruelly",
          "cruelly"
        ],
        [
          "wickedly",
          "wickedly"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 53 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not much; feebly"
      ],
      "id": "en-male-la-adv-X0pO10db",
      "links": [
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "feebly",
          "feebly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.le/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäɫ̪ɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.le/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäːle]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "male"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin adverbs",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin irregular adverbs",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mel-",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "maledīcō"
    },
    {
      "word": "malefaciō"
    },
    {
      "word": "nōn male"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "mal",
            "3": "mul"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: mal, mul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: mal, mul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "French: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "mâl"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: mâl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: mâl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "male"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: male",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: male"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-leo",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Leonese: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Leonese: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mxi",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Mozarabic: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mozarabic: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: mal\nFala: mal\nGalician: mal\nPortuguese: mal (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: mal\nFala: mal\nGalician: mal\nPortuguese: mal (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "mabi",
            "3": "mai",
            "4": "mali",
            "5": "male"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: mabi, mai, mali, male",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: mabi, mai, mali, male"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "mali"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: mali",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: mali"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mal"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: mal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: mal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "mal",
            "3": "małe"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: mal, małe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: mal, małe"
    }
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "malus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bad, wicked"
      },
      "expansion": "malus (“bad, wicked”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From malus (“bad, wicked”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pēius",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pessimē",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "male",
        "2": "pēius",
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      "name": "la-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "malus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bene"
        }
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      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "It is better to die well than to live badly.",
          "ref": "1413, Jan Hus, Epistola ad Iohannem de Reinstein",
          "text": "Melius est bene morī quam male vīvere."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "badly"
      ],
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        [
          "badly",
          "badly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wrongly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wrongly",
          "wrongly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prāvē"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cruelly, wickedly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cruelly",
          "cruelly"
        ],
        [
          "wickedly",
          "wickedly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "not much; feebly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "much",
          "much"
        ],
        [
          "feebly",
          "feebly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.le/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäɫ̪ɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.le/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäːle]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "male"
}

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