Latin

Adjective

Māius m ‎(feminine Māia, neuter Māium); first/second declension

1. (chiefly with mēnsis ‎(“month”)) of May

Usage notes

• In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.

Declension

First/second declension.

Proper noun

Māius m ‎(genitive Māiī); second declension

1. the month of May

Declension

Second declension.

Descendants

See also

• Roman calendar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “2 Māius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Māius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

An elliptical form of Māiusdeus ‎(“the great god”, “Jupiter”), from māius ‎(“great”, archaic form of magnus) +‎ deus ‎(“god”).

Proper noun

Māius m ‎(genitive Māiī); second declension

1. great god (epithet of Jupiter)

Declension

Second declension.

References

• Maius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Maius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “1 Māius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Latin

Adjective

māius

1. nominative neuter singular of māior
2. accusative neuter singular of māior
3. vocative neuter singular of māior

References

• maius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MAIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “maius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to exaggerate a thing: in maius ferre, in maius extollere aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to overestimate a thing: in maius accipere aliquid
    
  • (ambiguous) to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
    
  • (ambiguous) according to the custom and tradition of my fathers: more institutoque maiorum (Mur. 1. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) what is more important: quod maius est