maior
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See also: maiôr
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
maior m, f (plural maiores)
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *magjōs, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs, from *meǵh₂- (“great”) + *-yōs (comparative suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
maior (neuter maius); third declension
Inflection[edit]
Third declension, comparative variant
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | māior | māius | māiōrēs | māiōra | |
Genitive | māiōris | māiōrum | |||
Dative | māiōrī | māiōribus | |||
Accusative | māiōrem | māius | māiōrēs | māiōra | |
Ablative | māiōre | māiōribus | |||
Vocative | māior | māius | māiōrēs | māiōra |
Derived terms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
Noun[edit]
maior m (genitive maiōris); third declension
- ancestors (in plural)
- Ergo illum, qui haec fecerat, Rudinum hominem, maiores nostri in civitatem receperunt.
- Therefore Ennius, who composed these poems, although a man from Rudiae, our ancestors granted him citizenship.
- - Cicero: Pro Archia Poeta Oratio (Line 284)
- Therefore Ennius, who composed these poems, although a man from Rudiae, our ancestors granted him citizenship.
- Ergo illum, qui haec fecerat, Rudinum hominem, maiores nostri in civitatem receperunt.
- (medieval) a mayor: a leader of a city or town
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | maior | maiōrēs |
Genitive | maiōris | maiōrum |
Dative | maiōrī | maiōribus |
Accusative | maiōrem | maiōrēs |
Ablative | maiōre | maiōribus |
Vocative | maior | maiōrēs |
References[edit]
- maior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the elde: maior (natu)
- the majority: maior pars
- (ambiguous) to exaggerate a thing: in maius ferre, in maius extollere aliquid
- (ambiguous) to overestimate a thing: in maius accipere aliquid
- (ambiguous) to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
- (ambiguous) according to the custom and tradition of my fathers: more institutoque maiorum (Mur. 1. 1)
- (ambiguous) what is more important: quod maius est
- the elde: maior (natu)
- maior in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- maior in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
maior (oblique singular, nominative singular maire)
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (maior)
- maiur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- mayor (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese maior, mayor, from Latin māior, māiōrem, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“great”) + *-yos (comparative suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
maior (plural maiores, comparable)
- (followed by que) comparative degree of grande; bigger, larger
- Melancias são maiores que laranjas.
- Watermelons are bigger than oranges.
- Antonym: menor
- (preceded by a definite article) superlative degree of grande; biggest, largest
- Júpiter é o maior planeta do Sistema Solar.
- Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System.
- Antonym: menor
- major, greater
- um desafio maior
- a major challenge
- Antonym: menor
- (music) major
- Antonym: menor
- (Brazil, informal) big, great
- Ele é maior idiota...
- He is a big idiot
- Synonym: mó
Adverb[edit]
maior (comparative mais maior superlative o mais maior)
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