esculentior
Latin
Etymology
esculentus (“good to eat, delicious”) + -ior (suffix forming comparative degrees of adjectives)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /es.kuˈlen.ti.or/, [ɛs̠kʊˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /es.kuˈlen.t͡si.or/, [eskuˈlɛnt̪͡s̪ior]
Adjective
esculentior (neuter esculentius); third declension
- comparative degree of esculentus
- a vīnō et esculentiōribus cibīs abstinēre
- to abstain from wine and delicacies
Declension
Third-declension comparative adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | esculentior | esculentius | esculentiōrēs | esculentiōra | |
| Genitive | esculentiōris | esculentiōrum | |||
| Dative | esculentiōrī | esculentiōribus | |||
| Accusative | esculentiōrem | esculentius | esculentiōrēs | esculentiōra | |
| Ablative | esculentiōre | esculentiōribus | |||
| Vocative | esculentior | esculentius | esculentiōrēs | esculentiōra | |