maius

See also: Maius

Latin

Etymology

See māior (“greater”, “larger”), the comparative degree of magnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaːj.jus/, [ˈmaːj.jʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaj.jus/

Adjective

māius

1. nominative neuter singular of māior
2. accusative neuter singular of māior
3. vocative neuter singular of māior

References

• maius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “maius”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “maius” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (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