aptior

aptior is a Latin form of aptus, meaning “fit, suitable (+dat.); fastened, joined; (apte) fittingly”.

It can also be a form of apiscor, “reach, gain, obtain”. It is the nominative singular masculine comparative noun or vocative singular masculine comparative noun or nominative singular feminine comparative noun or vocative singular feminine comparative noun.

Found 62 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro T. Annio Milone 53: videamus nunc id quod caput est, locus ad insidias ille ipse ubi congressi sunt utri tandem fuerit aptior. id vero, iudices, etiam dubitandum et diutius cogitandum est? ante fundum Clodi quo in fundo propter insanas …

Ovid, Heroides 9.64: Aptior Herculeae populus alba comae.

All forms of aptus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.