maius

See also: Maius

Latin

Alternative forms

• majus

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmai̯.i̯us/, [ˈmäi̯ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.jus/, [ˈmäːjus]

Adjective

maius

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of maior

References

• “maius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• maius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• 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
    

Etymology 2

1. Alternative letter-case form of Maius