dēterior ius, adj. comp. with sup. dēterrimus de, lower, worse, poorer, meaner: tempus, less favorable: status: vectigalia sibi deteriora facere, Cs.: muraena carne, H.: aetas, V.: quo (peditatu) erat deteriore, i. e. in which he was weaker, N.: video meliora, Deteriora sequor, O.: proles Auro deterior, O.: in deterius mutare, Ta.

—Plur m. as subst, the degenerate, H.

—Plur n. as subst: pronus deterioribus princeps, Ta.

—Sup: illum esse quam deterrimum, T.: genus rei p. ex bono in deterrumum conversum: color, V.: aqua, H.: homo omnium deterrimus: patronus.