sanctior

Latin

Adjective

sānctior (comparative, neuter sānctius); third declension

1. comparative degree of sānctus
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.539–540:

     vix illam subitō possēs cognōscere, tantō
     sānctior et tantō, quam modō, maior erat.

     Suddenly, hardly would you be able to recognize her, so much more venerable, so much greater, than she was before.
     (The goddess is Carmentis or Carmenta.)

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sānctior	sānctius		sānctiōrēs	sānctiōra
genitive	sānctiōris			sānctiōrum
dative	sānctiōrī			sānctiōribus
accusative	sānctiōrem	sānctius		sānctiōrēs sānctiōrīs	sānctiōra
ablative	sānctiōre sānctiōrī			sānctiōribus
vocative	sānctior	sānctius		sānctiōrēs	sānctiōra