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
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..."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..."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..."Ecloga IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...puer, et quod nunc instat agamus. Carmina tum melius, cum uenerit ipse, canemus..."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..."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..."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..."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..."