Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1093.melior on page 1093
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is a Latin Adjective that primarily means better.
Definitions for
Wheelock's Latin
Adjective
- 1
See bonus; comparative of bonus; better
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Adjective
- 1
(a) (used as compar. of BONVS). (usu. of persons) Better at a particular function or in a given respect, more competent. (b) tanto ~or, (app.) well done!
- 2
(of persons) Of better character, more virtuous, nobler, etc.; (also of conduct or sim.). (b) sounder, more loyal; (esp. in political sense, ref. to the constitutionalists). (c) nobler, more honourable.
- 3
(of persons) Kinder, more gracious.
- 4
(of persons, as a vague term of commendation) Worthier, more estimable; (esp. masc. as sb.).
- 5
(esp. of material things) Of higher quality, finer, better, superior. (b) (of writings, style). (c) (of qualities, conditions, etc.).
Sentences with
Latin to English
Meliōra studia sunt difficiliōra. Compare The better pursuits are more (rather) difficult.
Hī librī peiōrēs sunt quam librī auctōrum meliōrum.Compare These books are worse than the books of better authors.
Dux melior cum cōpiīs maiōribus venient.Compare A better leader will come with greater forces.
Tyrannō pessimō expulsō, cīvēs ducem meliōrem et sapientiōrem quaesivērunt.Compare When the very evil tyrant had been banished, the citizens sought a better and a wiser leader.
Cīvēs urbium minōrum nōn sunt meliōrēs quam eī urbium maximārum.Compare Citizens of the smaller cities are not better than those of the largest cities.
Nōs nōn meliōrēs sumus quam plūrimī virī priōrum aetātum.Compare We are not better than very many men of former ages.
Meliōra et maiōra faciat nē vītam miserrimam agat.Compare Let him do better and greater things so that he may not lead a most wretched life.
Nōs quidem putāmus pecūniam ipsam nōn esse malam; sed crēdimus vēritātem et lībertātem et amīcitiam esse meliōrēs et maiōrēs.Compare We certainly think that money itself is not bad; but we believe that truth and liberty and friendship are better and greater.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 480.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1093.
- 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. "melior (adj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 25, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/melior.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 480.on page 480
