alsior

== Latin == === Etymology === Comparative of *alsus, from algeō (“to feel cold”) +‎ -tus or a lost perfect passive participle of the same. See also alsius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.si.ɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.si.or] === Adjective === alsior (comparative, neuter alsius, no positive form); third declension (very rare) colder, more chilly ==== Usage notes ==== Only attested in the neuter singular. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension comparative adjective. === Further reading === “alsius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “alsius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press