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”).[1]

Pronunciation

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.

singular plural
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

Descendants

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

References

  1. ^ William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “moral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Further reading

  • “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.
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