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aptius

aptius 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 comparative noun or nominative singular neuter comparative noun or vocative singular neuter comparative noun or accusative singular neuter comparative noun.

Found 71 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1.70: … t saepe etiam videmus, et perspicuum est nihil ad iucunde vivendum reperiri posse, quod coniunctione tali sit aptius. Quibus ex omnibus iudicari potest non modo non impediri rationem amicitiae, si summum bonum in voluptate pon …

Ovid, Amores 1.7.41: Aptius impressis fuerat livere labellis

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.