Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1065.maior on page 1065
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maior greater
maior is a Latin Adjective that primarily means greater.
Definitions for maior
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
comp. adj. to māgnus, greater, older
English derivatives:
major majority
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
Greater in size, larger. (b) of the larger sort. (c) ~or Graceia = magna Graecia (see MAGNVS; 7b); (sim. w. other place-names, to distinguish them from namesakes) the Greater.
- 2
Greater in number or amount, larger, bigger. (b) (w. wds. denoting number, amount, part, and sim.). (c) ~oris, at a higher price. (d) (of time) longer. (e) (of sound) louder.
- 3
Older, elder; (also w. natu, aetate). (b) ~ores (as sb.), ancestors, forebears. (c) (w. terms of antecedent relationship, to denote removal by one, sts. two, generations) great-; also, great-great.
- 4
(of abst. things) More complete or intense, greater: uis ~or, 'force majeure'; morbus ~or, epilepsy. (b) (w. abl.) too big for, exceeding, surpassing. (c) in ~orem modum, in ~us, to a greater extent, the more; also ~ore opere. (d) (of tasks) more difficult
- 5
(of things) More important.
Sentences with maior
Latin to English
Puer minor maius dōnum accēpit.Compare The smaller boy received a larger gift.
Meliōrī ducī maius imperium et plūs pecūniae dedērunt.Compare They gave the better leader greater power and more money.
Illī maior turba clientium est.Compare That man has a greater throng of retainers.
Linque tuas sedes alienaque litora quaere, o iuvenis: maior rerum tibi nascitur ordo.Compare Leave thine home, O youth, and seek out alien shores: a larger range of life is ordained for thee.
Maior privatu visus dum privatus fuit, et omnium consensu capax imperii nisi imperasset.Compare He seemed greater than a subject while he was yet in a subject's rank, and by common consent would have been pronounced equal to empire, had he never been emperor.
Infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae visa mihi ante oculos et nota maior imago.Compare There appeared before my eyes a piteous phantom, yes, the very ghost of Creusa - a figure larger than life.
Cedite Romani scriptores, cedite Grai! Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade.Compare Give way, Roman writers, give way, Greeks! Something greater than the Ilias is being born. [On Vergil's Aeneid]
Donasti, Lupe, rus sub urbe nobis; sed rus est mihi maius in fenestra.Compare You gave given me, Lupus, a suburban farm, but I have a bigger farm in my window.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 181.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1065.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "maior, maius (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/maior-maius.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 181.maior, maius on page 181
