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malim

malim is a Latin form of malo, meaning “prefer”. It is the 1st person singular present active subjunctive.

Found 80 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 1.1.32: nunc tamen hoc animo sum ut eo iudice quam praetore hanc rem transigi malim, et iurato suam quam iniurato aliorum tabellas committere. nunc ego, iudices, iam vos consulo quid mihi facie …

Martial, Epigrammata 9.81.4: Malim convivis quam placuisse cocis.

All forms of malo (conjugation 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.