malus

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin, by analogy with bonus (“‘additional compensation’”)

[edit] Noun

Singular
malus

Plural
maluses

malus (plural maluses)

  1. (business) The return of performance-related compensation originally payed by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.
    The bank not only fired the loan originator when they recovered the last two years of his bonuses under the malus clause in his contract.

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  • Might occur in financial services in connection with defaulted loans.

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology 1

Originally associated with Ancient Greek μέλας, but support for this is waning. Compare Oscan mallom and mallud (“‘bad’”).

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[edit] Adjective

malus m. (feminine mala, neuter malum); first/second declension

  1. bad, evil, wicked, injurious
    Malus et nequam homo.
    A evil and wicked man.
    Malam opinionem habere de aliquo.
    To have a bad opinion of someone.
    Consuetudo mala.
    A bad habit.
  2. destructive, mischievous, hurtful
  3. ill looking, ugly, deformed
  4. (of fate) evil, unlucky
    Pessima puella.
    The unluckiest girl.
[edit] Inflection

First and second declensions (1&2).

Number Singular Plural
Case \ Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative malus mala malum malī malae mala
genitive malī malae malī malōrum malārum malōrum
dative malō malae malō malīs malīs malīs
accusative malum malam malum malōs malās mala
ablative malō malā malō malīs malīs malīs
vocative male mala malum malī malae mala

This adjective has irregular comparative and superlative degrees.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek μηλέα (mēlea).

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mālus (genitive mālī); f, second declension

  1. an apple tree
    Malus bifera.
    An apple tree bearing fruit biannually.
    Et steriles platani malos gessere valentes.
    And the fruitless plane trees have borne strong apple trees.
    Felices arbores putantur esse quercus vel malus.
    The fruitful trees are thought to be an oak or apple tree.
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Second declension (2).

Number Singular Plural
nominative mālus mālī
genitive mālī mālōrum
dative mālō mālīs
accusative mālum mālōs
ablative mālō mālīs
vocative māle mālī
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[edit] Etymology 3

By some referred to root mac-, from the Ancient Greek word μακρός (makros), “‘long’”) and Latin magnus (“‘long’”); but perhaps the same word with malus.

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mālus (genitive mālī); m, second declension

  1. a mast of a ship
    Antemnas ad malos destinare.
    To fasten the sails to the masts.
    Malum erigi imperavit.
    He has ordered the mast to be erected.
    Attolli malos.
    The masts are lifted.
  2. a standard or pole to which the awnings spread over the theater were attached
  3. the beam in the middle of a winepress
  4. the corner beams of a tower
    Turrium mali.
    Beams of the towers.
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Second declension (2).

Number Singular Plural
nominative mālus mālī
genitive mālī mālōrum
dative mālō mālīs
accusative mālum mālōs
ablative mālō mālīs
vocative māle mālī

[edit] References

  • “malus” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)
  • OLD, p. 1069
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