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Irregular Comparison.
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3. Adjectives in -ĭŭs and -ŭŭs form Comp. and Superl. by prefixing măgĭs more and māxĭmē most to the Positive, as industrĭŭs industrious, Comp. măgĭs industrĭŭs, Superl. māxĭmē industrĭŭs.
§39.Irregular Comparison.
Pos. | Comp. | Superl. | |
bŏnŭs good | mĕlĭŏr | optĭmŭs | |
mălŭs bad | pēiŏr | pessĭmŭs | |
māgnŭs great | māiŏr | māxĭmŭs | |
parvŭs small | mĭnŏr | mĭnĭmŭs | |
multŭs (S.) much, (Pl.) many | plūs (§ 40) | plūrĭmŭs | |
dīvĕs (base dīvĭt-) rich | dīvĭtĭŏr or | dīvĭtissĭmŭs or | |
dītĭŏr | dītissĭmŭs | ||
sĕnex old | sĕnĭŏr | [nātū māxĭmŭs] | |
iŭvĕnĭs young | iūnĭŏr | [nātū mĭnĭmŭs] | |
extĕrŭs outward | extĕrĭŏr | extrēmūs | |
īnfĕrŭs lower | īnfĕrĭŏr | īnfĭmŭs or īmŭs | |
sŭpĕrŭs upper | sŭpĕrĭŏr | sŭprēmŭs last | |
summŭs highest | |||
postĕrŭs coming after | postĕrĭŏr | postrēmŭs |
The following have no Positive—
Comp. | Superl. |
intĕrĭŏr inner | intĭmŭs |
ūltĕrĭŏr further | ūltĭmŭs |
prĭŏr former | prĭmŭs first |
prŏpĭŏr nearer | proxĭmŭs |
pŏtĭŏr better (of things) | pŏtissĭmus best |
dētĕrĭŏr worse | dēterrĭmŭs worst |
vĕtŭs, Gen. vĕtĕrĭs old, has Superl. vĕterrĭmŭs.