maior
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
maior m, f (plural maiores)
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Latin[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“great”) + *-yos (comparative suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
māior (comparative of magnus)
- greater, larger
- Ergo illum, qui haec fecerat, Rudinum hominem, maiores nostri in civitatem recepterunt.
- 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 recepterunt.
Inflection[edit]
Third declension, comparative variant.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | māior | māius | māiōrēs | māiōra | |
| genitive | māiōris | māiōris | māiōrum | māiōrum | |
| dative | māiōrī | māiōrī | māiōribus | māiōribus | |
| accusative | māiōrem | māius | māiōrēs | māiōra | |
| ablative | māiōre | māiōre | māiōribus | māiōribus | |
| vocative | māior | māius | māiōrēs | māiōra | |
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Portuguese[edit]
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 m, f (plural maiores; comparable)
