Qui malum facit, amicitiam laedit.

the friendship

Breakdown of Qui malum facit, amicitiam laedit.

• facere: to do
• laedere: to harm
• qui: whoever

Questions & Answers about Qui malum facit, amicitiam laedit.

What does qui mean here?

Here qui means the person who or whoever.

It is a relative pronoun, but in this sentence it does not point back to a separate noun already stated. Instead, it works by itself and means something like:

• he who
• the one who
• whoever

So Qui malum facit means the one who does evil or whoever does evil.

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Why is qui singular?

Because the sentence is making a general statement about an individual person: the person who does evil harms friendship.

Latin often uses the singular in this kind of proverb-like statement, just as English can say:

• Whoever does this is wrong
• The person who lies loses trust

So qui is singular because it means the one who in a general sense.

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What case is qui, and how can I tell?

Qui is nominative singular masculine.

You can tell because it is the subject of facit:

• qui = the one who
• facit = does/makes

So qui is the one performing the action.