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Comparing Adjectives
Regular and Irregular Forms
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$ Degrees o% Adjectives&
• 'ositive( long! )ig)! strong
• Comparative( longer! )ig)er!stronger
• *uperlative( longest! )ig)est!strongest
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+o, to mae comparatives
• Add –ior for M/F, add –ius for N
•
longior! longius( longer• altior! altius( )ig)er
• %ortior! %ortius( stronger
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+o, to mae superlatives
• Add –issimus
•
Longissimus( longest• Altissimus( )ig)est
• Fortissimus( strongest
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)ere are al,a/s0eceptions
• Adjectives t)at end in 2er %orm t)eirsuperlatives 3/ adding 2RI5*instead o% 2issimus
• celer! celeris! celere CLRRI5*
• acer! acris! acre ACRRI5*
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7ne more eception&
• )e adjectives similis, dissimilis,facilis, dicilis, gracilis, andhumilis add 2LIMUS instead of –
issimus for the superlative
• similis! simile( *IILLI5* 8mostsimilar
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5sing Comparatives in Latin
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• )e man is stronger t)an t)e 3o/.
• ;ir est %ortior
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5sing Comparatives in Latin
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• ;ir est %ortior puero.
• omparative ! a%lative# no("uam) is used, *ust put the $nd noun in the a%lative case' +his iscalled the (a%lative ofcomparison')
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Declining Adjectives
• *ee page 4"$ o% /our 3oo %or )o,adjectives decline.
• omparative ad*ectives –ior and–ius decline lie -rd declensionnouns 8see net slide
• Superlative ad*ectives –issimus,.issima, .issimum declinelie &st and $nd declension nouns'
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altus! -a! -umaltior! altius
altissimus! -a! -um
• =F 8sg. > 8pl.
• altior altius
• altioris altioris
• altiori altiori
• altiorem altius
• altiore altiore
• =F 8pl. > 8pl.
• altiores altiora
• altiorum altiorum
• altiori3us
altiori3us• altiores altiora
• altiori3usaltiori3us
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Comparing Adjectives 'ractice8turn in to 3o
• ?rite t)e positive! comparative! andsuperlative %orms 8Latin and nglis)%or t)e %ollo,ing adjectives(
• gratus
• no3ilis
• clarus
• levis
• longus
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Irregular Adjectives
• nglis) )as irregular adjectives(
• @ood! 3etter! 3est
•
>7 good! gooder! goodest• Latin )as irregular adjectives! too&
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Irregular Adjectives
• %onus, .a, .um
• melior, melius
• optimus, .a, .um
• nglis) derivatives( – ameliorate
– optimist
• good
• 3etter
•
3est
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Irregular Adjectives
• malus, .a, .um
• peior, peius
• pessimus, .a, .um
• nglis) derivatives( – pejorative
– pessimist
• 3ad
• ,orse
•
,orst
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Irregular Adjectives
• magnus, .a, .um
• maior, maius
• maimus, .a, .um
• ngis) derivatives( – major
– maimum
• 3ig! great
• 3igger! greater
•
3iggest! greatest
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Irregular Adjectives
• parvus, .a, .um
• minor, minus
• minimus, .a, .um
• nglis) derivatives( – minor
– minimum
• small
• smaller
•
smallest
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Irregular Adjectives
• multus, .a, .um
•
plus 0nom'1,pluris 0gen'1 +genitive noun
• plurimus
• muc)! man/
•
more
• most! ver/ man/
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+o, 'lusB ?ors
• 'lus is a neuter noun. It taes agenitive.
• ore %ood plus ci3i 8lit.! moreo% %oodB
• ore mone/ plus pecuniae 8lit.!more o% mone/B
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Additional ;oca3(
• etremus, .a, .um2 %art)est! last!end o%
• inferior, inferius2 lo,er
• proimus, .a, .um2 nearest! net8,.=dative
• summus, .a, .um2 )ig)est! top o%
• ulterior, ulterius2 %art)er
• ultimus, .a, .um2 %art)est
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