melior

better

Usages of melior

• Imperator scit: “Pax est melior quam bellum.”: The emperor knows: “Peace is better than war.”
• Nunc orare in templo melius est.: Now it is better to pray in the temple.
• Filia respondet: "Fortasse cras cum eis curram; nunc domi manere melius est.": The daughter answers: "Perhaps tomorrow I will run with them; now it is better to stay at home."
• Imperator certe scit pacem meliorem esse quam bellum.: The emperor certainly knows that peace is better than war.
• Non poena, sed praemium pueros saepe laetos facit, et pueri officium suum melius faciunt.: Not punishment but reward often makes the boys happy, and the boys do their duty better.
• Si nasus tuus frigidus est et bracchia quoque frigida sunt, domi manere melius est.: If your nose is cold and your arms are cold too, it is better to stay at home.
• Pater dicit pacem servare melius esse quam bellum timere.: Father says that preserving peace is better than fearing war.
• Vespere omnes laeti sunt, quia vinea, atrium, et tectum nunc meliora sunt.: In the evening everyone is happy, because the vineyard, the atrium, and the roof are now better.
• Puer rogat utrum melius sit aquam an lac cum farina miscere, sed coquus respondet se iam satis scire.: The boy asks whether it is better to mix water or milk with the flour, but the cook answers that he already knows enough.
• Pater dicit bonam voluntatem meliorem esse quam vim.: Father says that good will is better than force.
• Pudor sine metu melior est, quia hominem monet ut recte faciat etiam sine poena.: A sense of shame without fear is better, because it warns a person to do what is right even without punishment.
• Scriptor iuvenis dicit se artem picturae ab avia didicisse, sed usu etiam nunc meliorem fieri.: The young writer says that he learned the art of painting from his grandmother, but that even now he becomes better through practice.
• Adsit semper usus cum arte, et fiet ut etiam discipula timidior cito melius scribat.: Let practice always be present with skill, and then even the more timid student will soon write better.
• Bibliotheca quieta ad meditandum melior est quam forum plenum, sed forum ad audiendos oratores melius est.: A quiet library is better for thinking than a full forum, but the forum is better for hearing orators.
• Mater dicit victoriam sine superbia meliorem esse, quia post cladem saepe longa fuga sequitur.: Mother says that victory without pride is better, because after a defeat a long retreat often follows.
• Lucia et amica eius versus veteres conferunt, ut melius intellegant quid auctor sentiat.: Lucia and her friend compare old verses, so that they may better understand what the author thinks.
• Ego sentio pacem meliorem esse quam bellum.: I think that peace is better than war.
• Magistra dicit se arbitrari senatorem meliorem esse, si opinionem civium et mandata legis simul audiat.: The teacher says that she thinks a senator is better if he listens both to the opinion of the citizens and to the commands of the law.
• Pater dicit bonum publicum melius esse quam commodum privatum.: Father says that the public good is better than private advantage.
• Postquam ratis ad alteram ripam pervenit, mater dicit melius fuisse portitore prudente uti quam per vadum ire.: After the raft reached the other bank, mother says that it was better to use a prudent ferryman than to go through the ford.

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