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melior
melior
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, from *mel- (“strong, big”). Cognate with multus, Ancient Greek μάλα (mála), Latvian milns (“very much, a lot of”).
Adjective
melior (comparative of bonus)
Inflection
Third declension, comparative variant
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | melior | melius | meliōrēs | meliōra | |
| genitive | meliōris | meliōrum | |||
| dative | meliōrī | meliōribus | |||
| accusative | meliōrem | melius | meliōrēs | meliōra | |
| ablative | meliōre | meliōribus | |||
| vocative | melior | melius | meliōrēs | meliōra | |
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References
- melior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- melior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “melior”, 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
- my position is considerably improved; my prospects are brighter: res meae meliore loco, in meliore causa sunt
- my position is considerably improved; my prospects are brighter: meliorem in statum redigor
- to hope well of a person: bene, optime (meliora) sperare de aliquo (Nep. Milt. 1. 1)
- to induce some one to take a brighter view of things: in meliorem spem, cogitationem aliquem inducere (Off. 2. 15. 53)
- heaven forfend: di prohibeant, di meliora!
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(ambiguous) he feels better: melius ei factum est
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(ambiguous) to deserve well at some one's hands; to do a service to..: bene, praeclare (melius, optime) mereri de aliquo
- to find one's circumstances altered for the better (the worse): meliore (deteriore) condicione esse, uti