malle

malle is a Latin form of malo, meaning “prefer”. It is the present active infinitive.

Found 112 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 7.20.2: non haec omnia fortuito aut sine consilio accidere potuisse; regnum illum Galliae malle Caesaris concessu quam ipsorum habere beneficio—:

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.3.69: … , si saperent, ut transigerent. pernegabant. quid ergo? in singulos HS quinquagenis milibus damnari mavultis? Malle dicebant. tum iste clare omnibus audientibus, qui damnatus erit, inquit, virgis ad necem caedetur. hic illi f …

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.