moralis

See also: morális

Latin

Etymology

From mōs, mōris (“manner, custom, way; law”) +‎ -ālis. First used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moːˈraː.lis/, [moːˈräːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈra.lis/, [moˈräːlis]

Adjective

mōrālis (neuter mōrāle, adverb mōrāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of or pertaining to manners, morals or ethics; moral.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	mōrālis	mōrāle		mōrālēs	mōrālia
Genitive	mōrālis			mōrālium
Dative	mōrālī			mōrālibus
Accusative	mōrālem	mōrāle		mōrālēs mōrālīs	mōrālia
Ablative	mōrālī			mōrālibus
Vocative	mōrālis	mōrāle		mōrālēs	mōrālia

Derived terms

• mōrālitās
• mōrāliter

Descendants

• Catalan: moral
• French: moral
• Italian: morale
• Portuguese: moral
• Spanish: moral
• → Albanian: moral
• → English: moral
• → Esperanto: moralo
• →⇒ Old Irish: mórálus

References

• “moralis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “moralis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• moralis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• moralis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.