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malignus

malignus

Latin

Adjective

malignus m ‎(feminine maligna, neuter malignum); first/second declension

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	malignus	maligna	malignum		malignī	malignae	maligna
genitive	malignī	malignae	malignī		malignōrum	malignārum	malignōrum
dative	malignō	malignae	malignō		malignīs
accusative	malignum	malignam	malignum		malignōs	malignās	maligna
ablative	malignō	malignā	malignō		malignīs
vocative	maligne	maligna	malignum		malignī	malignae	maligna

Descendants

English: malign
French: malin
Italian: maligno
Portuguese: maligno
Spanish: maligno

References

malignus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
malignus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
MALIGNUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “malignus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.