deterior
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From some obsolete adjective *dēter, from dē.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈte.ri.or/, [d̪eːˈt̪ɛriɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈte.ri.or/, [d̪eˈt̪ɛːrior]
Adjective edit
dēterior (neuter dēterius, positive *dēter); third declension (superlative: dēterrimus)
Declension edit
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| 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 edit
References edit
- “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
- deterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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 […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.