capitalior

Latin

Adjective

capitālior (comparative, neuter capitālius); third declension

  1. comparative degree of capitālis
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 12.39:
      “Nūllam capitāliōrem pestem quam voluptātem corporis hominibus,” dīcēbat, “ā nātūrā datam, cuius voluptātis avidae libīdinēs temere et ecfrēnātē ad potiendum incitārentur.”
      “No more dangerous plague than the pleasure of the body,” he used to say, “was ever given by nature, a pleasure whose greedy lusts were incited recklessly and without restraint to be attained.”
      (Cicero is writing in the voice of Cato the Elder, who in turn is quoting the Pythagorean philosopher Archytas of Tarentum.)

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative capitālior capitālius capitāliōrēs capitāliōra
genitive capitāliōris capitāliōrum
dative capitāliōrī capitāliōribus
accusative capitāliōrem capitālius capitāliōrēs
capitāliōrīs
capitāliōra
ablative capitāliōre
capitāliōrī
capitāliōribus
vocative capitālior capitālius capitāliōrēs capitāliōra