deterior

Latin

Etymology

From some obsolete adjective *dēter, from dē.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈte.ri.or/, [d̪eːˈt̪ɛriɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈte.ri.or/, [d̪eˈt̪ɛːrior]

Adjective

dēterior (neuter dēterius, positive *dēter); third declension (superlative: dēterrimus)

1. worse

   Synonym: peior, nequior

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	dēterior	dēterius		dēteriōrēs	dēteriōra
Genitive	dēteriōris			dēteriōrum
Dative	dēteriōrī			dēteriōribus
Accusative	dēteriōrem	dēterius		dēteriōrēs	dēteriōra
Ablative	dēteriōre			dēteriōribus
Vocative	dēterior	dēterius		dēteriōrēs	dēteriōra

Derived terms

• dēteriorō

References

• “deterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “deterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• deterior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to find one's circumstances altered for the better (the worse): meliore (deteriore) condicione esse, uti
    
• “deteriorate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.