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deterior
deterior
Latin
Adjective
dēterior (comparative of *dēter)
Inflection
Third declension, comparative variant
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | dēterior | dēterius | dēteriōrēs | dēteriōra | |
| genitive | dēteriōris | dēteriōrum | |||
| dative | dēteriōrī | dēteriōribus | |||
| accusative | dēteriōrem | dēterius | dēteriōrēs | dēteriōra | |
| ablative | dēteriōre | dēteriōribus | |||
| vocative | dēterior | dēterius | dēteriōrēs | dēteriōra | |
Derived terms
References
- deterior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- deterior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “deterior”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to find one's circumstances altered for the better (the worse): meliore (deteriore) condicione esse, uti
- to find one's circumstances altered for the better (the worse): meliore (deteriore) condicione esse, uti
- deteriorate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911