melioro

Latin

Etymology

From melior (“better”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛ.liˈoː.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [me.liˈɔː.ro]

Verb

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

(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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	meliōrā		—	—	meliōrāte		—
active	future	—	meliōrātō		meliōrātō	—	meliōrātōte		meliōrantō
passive	present	—	meliōrāre		—	—	meliōrāminī		—
passive	future	—	meliōrātor		meliōrātor	—	—		meliōrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		meliōrāre		meliōrārī		meliōrāns		—
future		meliōrātūrum esse		meliōrātum īrī		meliōrātūrus		meliōrandus
perfect		meliōrāvisse		meliōrātum esse		—		meliōrātus
future perfect		—		meliōrātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		meliōrātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
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.