parvior
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpar.wi.ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpar.vi.or]
Etymology
From parvus (“small”) + -ior (“-er”). A rare regularly formed alternative to the usually suppletive comparative form minor.
Adjective
parvior (comparative, neuter parvius, adverb parvius); third declension (Late Latin, rare)
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | parvior | parvius | parviōrēs | parviōra | |
| genitive | parviōris | parviōrum | |||
| dative | parviōrī | parviōribus | |||
| accusative | parviōrem | parvius | parviōrēs parviōrīs |
parviōra | |
| ablative | parviōre parviōrī |
parviōribus | |||
| vocative | parvior | parvius | parviōrēs | parviōra | |
References
- "parvior", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “parvior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.