melius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bonus, bona -um, melior -or -us, optimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
good, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant, right, useful; valid; healthy;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →bene, melius, optime:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
well, very, quite, rightly, agreeably, cheaply, in good style; better; best;
Examples
- P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...equidem), vivos ducent de marmore vultus, orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...potius formidine falsa ludar, et in melius tua, qui potes, orsa reflectas!' Haec ubi dicta dedit, caelo..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...statuisse, Latini, et vellem et fuerat melius, non tempore tali cogere concilium, cum muros adsidet hostis. bellum importunum..." - P
Ecloga IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...puer, et quod nunc instat agamus. Carmina tum melius, cum uenerit ipse, canemus..." - P
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...nona fugae melior, contraria furtis. Multa adeo gelida melius se nocte dedere aut cum sole nouo terras inrorat..." - P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...sulcum ac multa mercede domandae. sed truncis oleae melius, propagine uites respondent, solido Paphiae de robore myrtus, plantis..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...spumas aget ore cruentas, Belgica uel molli melius feret esseda collo. tum demum crassa magnum farragine corpus crescere..." - P
Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...mare nunc terrasque metu caelumque fatigat, consilia in melius referet, mecumque fovebit Romanos rerum dominos gentemque togatam..."