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Latin
Adjective
sānctior (neuter sānctius); third declension
- 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.