dēterior

   dēterior ius, adj. comp. with sup. dēterrimus    [de], lower, worse, poorer, meaner : tempus, less favorable : status: vectigalia sibi deteriora facere, Cs.: muraena carne, H.: aetas, V.: quo (peditatu) erat deteriore, i. e. in which he was weaker , N.: video meliora, Deteriora sequor, O.: proles Auro deterior, O.: in deterius mutare, Ta.—Plur m . as subst, the degenerate , H.—Plur n . as subst: pronus deterioribus princeps, Ta.—Sup: illum esse quam deterrimum, T.: genus rei p. ex bono in deterrumum conversum: color, V.: aqua, H.: homo omnium deterrimus: patronus.

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-or -us, deterrimus -a -um ADJ

low/bad/inferior; poor/mean; unfavorable; weak; degenerate/wicked