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|lshtext=<b>dētĕrĭor</b>: ius,<br /><b>I</b> adj. comp. ([[sup]]. deterrimus, a um) from an obs. adj. [[deter]], from de, [[down]]; [[hence]], [[lower]], [[inferior]], [[worse]], [[worse]], poorer, meaner (freq. and [[class]].—for syn. cf.: [[malus]], injustus, [[improbus]]; [[pravus]], [[nequam]], [[corruptus]], [[perversus]]; and the compp. pejor, etc.).<br /><b>I</b> Of [[inanimate]] things: [[seges]], Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13: [[ruina]] rem non fecit deteriorem, [[haud]] [[scio]] an jam fructuosiorem, Cic. Att. 14, 11 fin.: so, vectigalia, * Caes. B. G. 1, 36, 4: [[muraena]] carne, Hor. S. 2, 8, 44: [[deterior]] ac [[decolor]] [[aetas]], Verg. A. 8, 326: [[forma]], Lucr. 4, 1275: [[mores]], Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 9: via, id. Trin. 3, 2, 54 et saep.: [[video]] meliora proboque, Deteriora [[sequor]], Ov. M. 7, 21: cuncta aucta in [[deterius]], Tac. A. 2, 82; 3, 10; id. H. 3, 13 al.—Sup.: [[genus]] reipublicae ex bono in deterrimum conversum, Cic. Rep. 2, 26; so, [[genus]], id. ib. 1, 42: [[finis]], id. Lael. 16, 59: [[causa]] belli, Hor. S. 1, 3, 107: [[color]], Verg. G. 3, 82: cogitare optima [[simul]] et deterrima, Quint. 12, 1, 4 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Of persons: quo deteriores anteponantur bonis, Plaut. Poen. prol. 39; opp. [[melior]], Cic. Phil. 13, 19; Quint. 2, 4, 21 al.; opp. [[optimus]], Liv. 39, 27; opp. strenuior, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 10: vidi ego [[nequam]] homines, [[verum]] te neminem deteriorem, id. Bac. 5, 2, 61 et saep.: peditatu erat [[deterior]], weaker, Nep. Eum. 3 fin.: infideli [[deterior]], Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 8.—Sup.: [[homo]] deterrime et impudentissime, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 16; id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81.—dēterius, adv., [[worse]], [[less]]: de [[male]] Graecis Latine scripta [[deterius]], Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8: nequi [[deterius]] huic [[sit]] [[quam]] [[quoi]] pessumest, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 80: [[valeo]], Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14: olet [[herba]], Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 19: spe nostra si placeant, id. S. 1, 10, 90.