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Definitions and meaning of malus

malus

Etymology 1

From Latin malus, by analogy with bonus (“additional compensation”). Doublet of mal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪ.ləs/, /ˈmɑː.ləs/, /ˈmæ.ləs/

Noun

malus (plural maluses or mali)

1. (business) The loss or return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance.
2. (rare) A penalty or negative thing.

Usage notes

• May occur in financial services in connection with defaulted loans.
• Sometimes used in reference to games as a negative counterpart to "bonus".

Synonyms

• clawback

Coordinate terms

• disgorgement

Related terms

• mal
• malum
• malus genius

Etymology 2

From Latin mālus and translingual Malus.

Noun

malus (plural maluses)

1. A plant of the genus Malus (the apples).

Synonyms

• apple

Etymology 3

Noun

malus

1. plural of malu

Anagrams

• alums, lumas, mauls, musal

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *malos, related to Oscan mallom and mallud (“bad”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“false, bad”), cognate with Lithuanian melas (“lie”) and the first element of Ancient Greek βλάσφημος (blásphēmos, “jinx”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mal- (“small”), it would then be a cognate with English small.

Originally associated with Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black, dark”), but support for this is waning. Also compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (maⁱriia, “treacherous”) and Sanskrit मल (mala, “dirtiness, impurity”)

Alternative forms

• malos (Early Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.lus/, [ˈmäɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.lus/, [ˈmäːlus]

Adjective

malus (feminine mala, neuter malum, comparative pēior, superlative pessimus, adverb male); first/second-declension adjective

2. unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad

   Abī in malam crucem, malum cruciātum. ― Go away to a bad cross, bad crucifixion. [A saying referring back to a Roman army post-defeat mass fratricide/suicide act (to avoid a worse fate from the enemy victors; i.e., our own Roman engineered torture is a better fate/prospect) cited from Caesar's Gallic War Commentaries]

   Mala rēs. ― Trouble, bad business.

   Mala aetās. ― Old age.

3. unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch

   Mala faciēs. ― Ugly face.

4. bad, evil, wicked, mischievous

   Malus et nēquam homō. ― An evil and wicked man.

   Dolus malus. ― Deliberate deception, malice afterthought (legal language).

5. destructive, hurtful, noxious, evil

   Consuētūdō mala. ― A bad habit.

   Mala vōta, carmina susurrāre. ― To whisper evil spells, incantations.

6. unkind, hostile, abusive

   Mala verba. ― Abuses.

7. associated with bad luck, unlucky, unfavourable, unfortunate, adverse, evil

   Mala tempestās. ― Bad, unfavourable, unsuitable weather.

   Malam fāmam ferre. ― To bring bad reputation, ill fame.

   Malīs avibus. ― Under evil auspices. (literally, “Under bad birds.”)

   Reliquiae malae pugnae. ― Remnants of an unsuccessful, adverse battle.

8. poor in condition or capacity, inept

   Mala merx/mers. ― A bad lot (of persons).

   Malā mente esse. ― To be out of one's mind.

   Pessimus poēta. ― The worst poet.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Synonyms

• (wicked): improbus, nēquam, malignus, scelerātus, perversus, prāvus, vitiōsus, malus, scelestus, facinorōsus
• (hurtful): nocīvus

Antonyms

• bonus, probus, rēctus, integer, castus

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek μηλέα (mēléa) (See also Ancient Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”), μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”)).

Alternative forms

• *mēlus (Vulgar Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.lus/, [ˈmäːɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.lus/, [ˈmäːlus]

Noun

mālus f (genitive mālī); second declension

2. an apple tree; specifically, a plant in the genus Malus in the family Rosaceae.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• mālus grānāta
• mālus domestica

Related terms

• mālum
• mēlō
• mēlopepō

Descendants

• Translingual: Malus
• Aromanian: mer
• Italian: melo
• Romanian: măr
• → English: malus

Etymology 3

From Proto-Indo-European *mosdos. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *mastaz, Proto-Slavic *mostъ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.lus/, [ˈmäːɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.lus/, [ˈmäːlus]

Noun

mālus m (genitive mālī); second declension

1. a mast of a ship

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• “malus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “malus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• malus 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)
• malus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• “malus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[2]
• “malus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “malus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “malus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “malus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “malus” on page 1069 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Noun

malus anim (plural malusiyik)

1. hop hornbeam, ironwood, Ostrya virginiana

References

• Francis, David A. with Leavitt, Robert R. and Apt, Margaret (2008) “malus”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project