mallem

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

Found 91 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.5.154: … diuvabo; ostendito illos cum Sertorio fuisse, ab Dianio fugientis ad Siciliam esse delatos. nihil est quod te mallem probare; nullum enim facinus quod maiore supplicio dignum sit reperiri neque proferri potest.

Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis 4.10.3: " Mallem perdidisse quam illi dedisse " ! Turpissimum genus damni est inconsulta donatio multoque gravius male dedisse beneficium quam non recepisse ; aliena enim culpa est, quod non recipimus ; quod, cui daremus, non elegimus, nostra.

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.