clarior
Latin
Adjective
clārior (comparative, neuter clārius); third declension
- comparative degree of clārus
- 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations Oratio in Catilinam Prima in Senatu Habita.6:
- Tenēris undique; lūce sunt clāriōra nōbīs tua cōnsilia omnia; quae iam mēcum licet recognōscās.
- You are hemmed in on every side; all your plans are clearer to us than the light of day; and now, let me remind you of them.
- Tenēris undique; lūce sunt clāriōra nōbīs tua cōnsilia omnia; quae iam mēcum licet recognōscās.
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | clārior | clārius | clāriōrēs | clāriōra | |
| genitive | clāriōris | clāriōrum | |||
| dative | clāriōrī | clāriōribus | |||
| accusative | clāriōrem | clārius | clāriōrēs clāriōrīs |
clāriōra | |
| ablative | clāriōre clāriōrī |
clāriōribus | |||
| vocative | clārior | clārius | clāriōrēs | clāriōra | |
References
- “clarior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- Pericles, the greatest man of his day: Pericles, quo nemo tum fuit clarior
- this is as clear as daylight: hoc est luce (sole ipso) clarius
- speak up, please: clarius loquere
- Pericles, the greatest man of his day: Pericles, quo nemo tum fuit clarior