malo: all forms
malo means “prefer”. Below is its full conjugation in Latin.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | malo | malim | |
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| 2nd singular | | malis | mali |
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| 3rd singular | | malit | |
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| 1st plural | malumus | malimus | |
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| 2nd plural | | malitis | malite |
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| 3rd plural | malunt | malint | |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | malebam | mallem |
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| 2nd singular | malebas | malles |
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| 3rd singular | malebat | mallet |
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| 1st plural | malebamus | mallemus |
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| 2nd plural | malebatis | malletis |
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| 3rd plural | malebant | mallent |
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Future active
Future active | Indicative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | malam | |
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| 2nd singular | males | malito |
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| 3rd singular | malet | malito |
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| 1st plural | malemus | |
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| 2nd plural | maletis | malitote |
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| 3rd plural | malent | malunto |
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Perfect active
Perfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | malui | maluerim |
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| 2nd singular | maluisti | malueris |
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| 3rd singular | maluit | maluerit |
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| 1st plural | maluimus | maluerimus |
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| 2nd plural | maluistis | malueritis |
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| 3rd plural | maluerunt · maluere | maluerint |
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Pluperfect active
Pluperfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | malueram | maluissem |
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| 2nd singular | malueras | maluisses |
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| 3rd singular | maluerat | maluisset |
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| 1st plural | malueramus | maluissemus |
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| 2nd plural | malueratis | maluissetis |
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| 3rd plural | maluerant | maluissent |
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Future perfect active
Future perfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | maluero |
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| 2nd singular | malueris |
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| 3rd singular | maluerit |
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| 1st plural | maluerimus |
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| 2nd plural | malueritis |
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| 3rd plural | maluerint |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active |
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| Present | malle |
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| Perfect | maluisse |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | | malens |
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| Genitive | | malentis |
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| Dative | | malenti |
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| Accusative | malens | malentem |
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| Ablative | | malente · malenti |
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| Vocative | | malens |
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Present active participle, plural | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | malentia | malentes |
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| Genitive | | malentium |
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| Dative | | malentibus |
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| Accusative | malentia | malentes |
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| Ablative | | malentibus |
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| Vocative | malentia | malentes |
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Meaning and examples of malo
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.