melioro

Latin

Etymology

From melior (“better”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.liˈoː.roː/, [mɛlʲiˈoːroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.liˈo.ro/, [meliˈɔːro]

Verb

meliōrō (present infinitive meliōrāre, perfect active meliōrāvī, supine meliōrātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) to make better, better, improve

Usage notes

In Classical Latin, "to improve" translates as meliōrem faciō, melius faciō.

Conjugation

Conjugation of meliōrō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	meliōrō	meliōrās	meliōrat	meliōrāmus	meliōrātis	meliōrant
	imperfect	meliōrābam	meliōrābās	meliōrābat	meliōrābāmus	meliōrābātis	meliōrābant
	future	meliōrābō	meliōrābis	meliōrābit	meliōrābimus	meliōrābitis	meliōrābunt
	perfect	meliōrāvī	meliōrāvistī	meliōrāvit	meliōrāvimus	meliōrāvistis	meliōrāvērunt, meliōrāvēre
	pluperfect	meliōrāveram	meliōrāverās	meliōrāverat	meliōrāverāmus	meliōrāverātis	meliōrāverant
	future perfect	meliōrāverō	meliōrāveris	meliōrāverit	meliōrāverimus	meliōrāveritis	meliōrāverint
passive	present	meliōror	meliōrāris, meliōrāre	meliōrātur	meliōrāmur	meliōrāminī	meliōrantur
	imperfect	meliōrābar	meliōrābāris, meliōrābāre	meliōrābātur	meliōrābāmur	meliōrābāminī	meliōrābantur
	future	meliōrābor	meliōrāberis, meliōrābere	meliōrābitur	meliōrābimur	meliōrābiminī	meliōrābuntur
	perfect	meliōrātus present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	meliōrātus imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	meliōrātus future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	meliōrem	meliōrēs	meliōret	meliōrēmus	meliōrētis	meliōrent
	imperfect	meliōrārem	meliōrārēs	meliōrāret	meliōrārēmus	meliōrārētis	meliōrārent
	perfect	meliōrāverim	meliōrāverīs	meliōrāverit	meliōrāverīmus	meliōrāverītis	meliōrāverint
	pluperfect	meliōrāvissem	meliōrāvissēs	meliōrāvisset	meliōrāvissēmus	meliōrāvissētis	meliōrāvissent
passive	present	meliōrer	meliōrēris, meliōrēre	meliōrētur	meliōrēmur	meliōrēminī	meliōrentur
	imperfect	meliōrārer	meliōrārēris, meliōrārēre	meliōrārētur	meliōrārēmur	meliōrārēminī	meliōrārentur
	perfect	meliōrātus present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	meliōrātus imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	meliōrā	—	—	meliōrāte	—
	future	—	meliōrātō	meliōrātō	—	meliōrātōte	meliōrantō
passive	present	—	meliōrāre	—	—	meliōrāminī	—
	future	—	meliōrātor	meliōrātor	—	—	meliōrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		meliōrāre	meliōrāvisse	meliōrātūrum esse	meliōrārī	meliōrātum esse	meliōrātum īrī
participles		meliōrāns	—	meliōrātūrus	—	meliōrātus	meliōrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		meliōrandī	meliōrandō	meliōrandum	meliōrandō	meliōrātum	meliōrātū

Derived terms

• meliōrātiō

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: migliorare
    • → Sardinian: megliorare
  • Sicilian: migghiurari, migliurari
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: miorâ
  • Romansch: meglierar
  • Venetan: megiorar, mejorar
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • ⇒ Old French: ameillorer
    • French: améliorer (modified by Latin influence)
      • → Romanian: ameliora/ameliorare
      • → English: ameliorate
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • ⇒ Aragonese: amillorar
  • Catalan: millorar
  • Occitan: melhorar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: medrar, meyorar ⇒ ameyorar
  • Galician: mellorar
  • Portuguese: melhorar
  • Spanish: medrar, mejorar
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: mezorare
• Borrowings:
  • English: → meliorate, ⇒ meliorative
  • →? Piedmontese: milioré

References

• “melioro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• melioro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.