moralis

See also: morális

Latin

Etymology

From mos (“manner, custom, way; law”). First used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /moːˈraː.lis/, [moːˈraː.lɪs]

Adjective

mōrālis (neuter mōrāle); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

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	mōrālia
ablative	mōrālī			mōrālibus
vocative	mōrālis	mōrāle		mōrālēs	mōrālia

Derived terms

• mōrālitās
• mōrāliter

Descendants

Descendants of moralis in other languages

• Albanian: moral
• Catalan: moral
• English: moral
• French: moral

• Italian: morale
• Portuguese: moral
• Spanish: moral

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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “moralis”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “moralis” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Notes: