adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
mōrālis
mōrālis (neuter mōrāle, adverb mōrāliter)
Classical[moːˈraː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[moˈraː.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationOf or pertaining to manners, morals or ethics; moral.
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōrālis | mōrālis | mōrāle |
| genitive | mōrālis | mōrālis | mōrālis |
| dative | mōrālī | mōrālī | mōrālī |
| accusative | mōrālem | mōrālem | mōrāle |
| ablative | mōrālī | mōrālī | mōrālī |
| vocative | mōrālis | mōrālis | mōrāle |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōrālēs | mōrālēs | mōrālia |
| genitive | mōrālium | mōrālium | mōrālium |
| dative | mōrālibus | mōrālibus | mōrālibus |
| accusative | mōrālīs mōrālēs | mōrālīs mōrālēs | mōrālia |
| ablative | mōrālibus | mōrālibus | mōrālibus |
| vocative | mōrālēs | mōrālēs | mōrālia |
mōrālis, e, adj. mores,
I. of or belonging to manners or morals, moral (a word formed by Cicero; cf. moratus): quia pertinet ad mores, quos ἤθη Graeci vocant, nos eam partem philosophiae de moribus appellare solemus. Sed decet augentem linguam Latinam nominare moralem, Cic. Fat. 1, 1;
imitated by Seneca and Quintil.: philosophiae tres partes esse dixerunt, moralem, naturalem, et rationalem, Sen. Ep. 89, 9; Quint. 12, 2, 10: pars illa philosophiae ἠθική moralis est dicta, id. 6, 2, 8; cf. also, id. 12, 2, 19 and 20: epistolae, Gell. 12, 2, 3. —Hence, adv.: mōrālĭter, in a characteristic manner, characteristically, Don. ad Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 35; Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 2.—Esp., morally, Ambros. Apol. David. 6.—Comp.: moralius, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 1, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mōrālis e, adj.
mores, of morals, moral, ethical : pars philosophiae.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Italic *mōs Latin mōs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mōrālis From mōs (“manner, custom, way; law”) + -ālis. First used by Cicero, to translate Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ēthikós, “moral”).
Descendants
- Italianmorale
- Portuguesemoral
- Romanianmoral
- Catalanmoral
- Frenchmoralfrom Old French moral
- Englishmoralfrom Old French moral
- Spanishmoralfrom Old Spanish moral
- Sicilianmurali
- Albanianmoral
- Esperantomoralo