"melior" meaning in Latin

See melior in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈme.li.or/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈmɛlʲiɔr] [Classical-Latin], /ˈme.li.or/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmɛːlior] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *meljōs, from Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, from *mel- (“strong, big”). Cognate with multus, Ancient Greek μάλα (mála), Latvian milns (“very much, a lot of”). Displaced bonior as the comparative of bonus. Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*meljōs}} Proto-Italic *meljōs, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*mélyōs}} Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, {{cog|grc|μάλα|}} Ancient Greek μάλα (mála), {{cog|lv|milns||very much, a lot of}} Latvian milns (“very much, a lot of”) Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|melior}} Forms: melius [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], melior [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], melius [neuter, nominative, singular], meliōrēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], meliōra [neuter, nominative, plural], meliōris [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], meliōrum [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], meliōrī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], meliōribus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], meliōrem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], melius [accusative, neuter, singular], meliōrēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], meliōrīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], meliōra [accusative, neuter, plural], meliōre [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], meliōrī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], meliōribus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], melior [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], melius [neuter, singular, vocative], meliōrēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], meliōra [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. comparative degree of bonus; better Tags: comparative, declension-3, form-of Form of: bonus (extra: better) Derived forms: meliōrō Related terms: bonus, optimus
    Sense id: en-melior-la-adj-cG51NTVs Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "migliore"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: migliore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: migliore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "miôr"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: miôr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: miôr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "meglier"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: meglier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: meglier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ang",
            "2": "meillour"
          },
          "expansion": "Angevin: meillour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Angevin: meillour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-brg",
            "2": "moillour"
          },
          "expansion": "Bourguignon: moillour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bourguignon: moillour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "meilleur"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: meilleur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: meilleur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "mèlyor"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: mèlyor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: mèlyor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "mieudre"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: mieudre",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nominative"
          },
          "expansion": "(nominative)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oblique"
          },
          "expansion": "(oblique)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: mieudre (nominative), meillor (oblique)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "meilleur"
          },
          "expansion": "French: meilleur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: meilleur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "melhor",
            "3": "milhor"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: melhor, milhor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: melhor, milhor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "mellor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: mellor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: mellor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "millor"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: millor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: millor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "millor"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: millor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: millor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "meyor"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: meyor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: meyor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "mellor"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: mellor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: mellor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "melhor"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: melhor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: melhor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mejor"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: mejor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: mejor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*meljōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *meljōs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mélyōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μάλα",
        "3": ""
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "very much, a lot of"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *meljōs, from Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, from *mel- (“strong, big”). Cognate with multus, Ancient Greek μάλα (mála), Latvian milns (“very much, a lot of”). Displaced bonior as the comparative of bonus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "melius",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "melior"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "meliōrō"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "better",
          "word": "bonus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative degree of bonus; better"
      ],
      "id": "en-melior-la-adj-cG51NTVs",
      "links": [
        [
          "bonus",
          "bonus#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bonus"
        },
        {
          "word": "optimus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "declension-3",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛlʲiɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.or/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛːlior]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melior"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "meliōrō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "migliore"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: migliore",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: migliore"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Padanian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "miôr"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: miôr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: miôr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "meglier"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: meglier",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: meglier"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Northern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ang",
            "2": "meillour"
          },
          "expansion": "Angevin: meillour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Angevin: meillour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-brg",
            "2": "moillour"
          },
          "expansion": "Bourguignon: moillour",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bourguignon: moillour"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "meilleur"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: meilleur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: meilleur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "mèlyor"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: mèlyor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: mèlyor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "mieudre"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: mieudre",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nominative"
          },
          "expansion": "(nominative)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oblique"
          },
          "expansion": "(oblique)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: mieudre (nominative), meillor (oblique)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "meilleur"
          },
          "expansion": "French: meilleur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: meilleur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Southern Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "melhor",
            "3": "milhor"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: melhor, milhor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: melhor, milhor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oca",
            "2": "mellor"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Catalan: mellor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Catalan: mellor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "millor"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: millor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: millor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "millor"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: millor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: millor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "meyor"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: meyor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: meyor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "mellor"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: mellor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: mellor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "melhor"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: melhor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: melhor"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "mejor"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: mejor",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: mejor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*meljōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *meljōs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*mélyōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μάλα",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μάλα (mála)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "milns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "very much, a lot of"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian milns (“very much, a lot of”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *meljōs, from Proto-Indo-European *mélyōs, from *mel- (“strong, big”). Cognate with multus, Ancient Greek μάλα (mála), Latvian milns (“very much, a lot of”). Displaced bonior as the comparative of bonus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "melius",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōris",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōribus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melior",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "melius",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meliōra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "melior"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bonus"
    },
    {
      "word": "optimus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin comparative adjectives",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "better",
          "word": "bonus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "comparative degree of bonus; better"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bonus",
          "bonus#Latin"
        ],
        [
          "better",
          "better"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "declension-3",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.or/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛlʲiɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈme.li.or/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛːlior]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "melior"
}

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