adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
malatus
malatus (feminine malata, neuter malatum)
Meaning
- Medieval Latinadjectiveill, sick
qui erat in lecto gravi febre malatus
[he] who was in bed, ill with a serious fever14th century, Anonymous (attr. to Petrus, friend of Torello), Vita Beati Torelli Puppiensis 24 (Life of Torello of Poppi the hermit (1202-1282), as cited in Du Cange (ed. L. Favre, 1883-7), "malatus")
Origins
From Old Italian malato, from Latin male habitus (“ill, having a disease”).