adverb
melius
melius (comparative)
Classical[ˈmɛ.li.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛː.li.us]
Meaning
- comparativebetter
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
magis bonummelius — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 3
better
melius — in Seneca, ch. VI
mĕlĭus,
I. comp. adj. and adv., v. bonus.
Mēlĭus, a, um, adj. 2. Melos,
I. of or belonging to the isle of Melos, Melian:
Diagoras Melius, dwelling in Melos, Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
melius and
sup.
melius adj. and adv.,
comp. of bonus, bene.
Origins
Insular Romance
- Sardinianmezus
- Sardinianmenzus
- Sardinianmellus
- Sardinianmegnus
- Sardinianmègius
Gallo-Romance
- Occitanmièlhs
- Frenchmieuxfrom Old French mels
- Franco-Provençalmielx
- Old Catalanmills
- Angevinmieuxfrom Old French mels
- Bourguignonmeuxfrom Old French mels
- Normanmieuxfrom Old French mels
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianmeglio
- Sicilianmegghiu
- Venetanmejo
- Venetanmegio
- Venetanmeo
Rhaeto-Romance
- Ladinmiec
- Friulianmiei