malam

malam is a Latin form of malus, meaning “bad, evil”. It is the accusative singular feminine adjective or 1st person singular future active indicative.

It can also be a form of malo, “prefer”.

It can also be a form of mala, “cheek, jaw”.

Found 145 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 1.1.42: … e a maioribus nostris sociorum causa comparata sunt! an iste umquam de se bonam spem habuisset, nisi de vobis malam opinionem animo imbibisset? quo maiore etiam, si fieri potest, apud vos odio esse debet quam est apud populum …

Terence, Eunuchus 3.3.535: Malam rem hinc abis?

Plautus, Casina 3.5.657: Imitátur malárum malám disciplínam,

All forms of malus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.