deterior

Latin

Etymology

From some obsolete adjective dēter, from dē.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈte.ri.or/, [deːˈtɛ.ri.ɔr]

Adjective

dēterior (neuter dēterius); third declension

  1. worse

Inflection

Third declension, comparative variant

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative dēterior dēterius dēteriōrēs dēteriōra
Genitive dēteriōris dēteriōris dēteriōrum dēteriōrum
Dative dēteriōrī dēteriōrī dēteriōribus dēteriōribus
Accusative dēteriōrem dēterius dēteriōrēs dēteriōra
Ablative dēteriōre dēteriōre dēteriōribus dēteriōribus
Vocative dēterior dēterius dēteriōrēs dēteriōra

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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
  • deterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • 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.
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