Meliora

Meliora is a Latin adjective meaning "better". It is the neuter plural (nominative or accusative) form of the adjective "melior, -or, -us".

This article is about the latin word. For the album by Ghost, see Meliora (album).
Meliora is the motto of the University of Rochester

It may be used in the accusative and substantively (i.e., as a noun) to mean "better things", "always better", "ever better", or, more fully, "for the pursuit of the better".

Meliora is the motto[1] of University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, voted for by the faculty in 1851 and translated as "ever better" or "always better".[2]

References
  1. "What is Meliora". Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. "Symbols at Rochester".
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