Latin for Beginners by Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (bill gates books recommendations txt) 📕

paribus paribus Acc. parem pār parīs, -ēs paria Abl. parī parī paribus paribus

1. Observe that all i-stem adjectives have «-ī» in the ablative singular.

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«472.» PRESENT ACTIVE PARTICIPLES

«amāns», loving STEM «amanti-» BASE «amant-»

SINGULAR PLURAL MASC. AND FEM. NEUT. MASC. AND FEM. NEUT. Nom. amāns amāns amantēs amantia Gen. amantis amantis amantium amantium Dat. amantī amantī amantibus amantibus Acc. amantem amāns amantīs, -ēs amantia Abl. amante, -ī amante, -ī amantibus amantibus

«iēns», going STEM «ienti-, eunti-» BASE «ient-, eunt-»

Nom. iēns iēns euntēs euntia Gen. euntis euntis euntium euntium Dat. euntī euntī euntibus euntibus Acc. euntem iēns euntīs, -ēs euntia Abl. eunte, -ī eunte, -ī euntibus euntibus

«473.» REGULAR COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE MASC. MASC. AND FEM. NEUT. MASC. FEM. NEUT. altus (alto-) altior altius altissimus -a -um līber (lībero-) līberior līberius līberrimus -a -um pulcher (pulchro-) pulchrior pulchrius pulcherrimus -a -um audāx (audāci-) audācior audācius audācissimus -a -um brevis (brevi-) brevior brevius brevissimus -a -um ācer (ācri-) ācrior ācrius ācerrimus -a -um

«474.» DECLENSION OF COMPARATIVES

«altior», higher

SINGULAR PLURAL MASC. AND FEM. NEUT. MASC. AND FEM. NEUT. Nom. altior altius altiōrēs altiōra Gen. altiōris altiōris altiōrum altiōrum Dat. altiōrī altiōrī altiōribus altiōribus Acc. altiōrem altius altiōrēs altiōra Abl. altiōre altiōre altiōribus altiōribus

«plūs», more

Nom. —— plūs plūrēs plūra Gen. —— plūris plūrium plūrium Dat. —— —— plūribus plūribus Acc. —— plūs plūrīs (-ēs) plūra Abl. —— plūre plūribus plūribus

«475.» IRREGULAR COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

  POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
  bonus, -a, -um, melior, melius, optimus, -a, -um,
    good better best
  malus, -a, -um, peior, peius, pessimus, -a, -um,
    bad worse worst
  magnus, -a, -um, maior, maius, maximus, -a, -um,
    great greater greatest
  multus, -a, -um, ——, plūs, more plūrimus, -a, -um,
    much most
  parvus, -a, -um, minor, minus, minimus, -a, -um,_
    small smaller _smallest
  senex, senis, senior maximus nātū
    old
  iuvenis, -e, iūnior minimus nātū
    young
  vetus, veteris, vetustior, -ius veterrimus, -a, -um
    old
  facilis, -e, facilior, -ius facillimus, -a, -um
    easy
  difficilis, -e, difficilior, -ius difficillimus, -a, -um
    difficult
  similis, -e, similior, -ius simillimus, -a, -um
    similar
  dissimilis, -e, dissimilior, -ius dissimillimus, -a, -um
    dissimilar
  humilis, -e, low humilior, -ius humillimus, -a, -um
  gracilis, -e, gracilior, -ius gracillimus, -a, -um
    slender
  exterus, outward exterior, extrēmus, extimus,
                            outer, exterior outermost, last
  īnferus, below īnferior, lower īnfimus, īmus, lowest
  posterus, posterior, later postrēmus, postumus,
    following last
  superus, above superior, suprēmus, summus,
                            higher highest
  [[cis, citrā,]] citerior, hither citimus, hithermost
    [[on this side]]
  [[in, intrā,]] interior, inner intimus, inmost
    [[in, within]]
  [[prae, prō,]] prior, former prīmus, first
    [[before]]
  [[prope, near]] propior, nearer proximus, next
  [[ultrā, beyond]] ulterior, further ultimus, furthest

«476.» REGULAR COMPARISON OF ADVERBS

POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE cārē (cārus), dearly cārius cārissimē miserē (miser), wretchedly miserius miserrimē ācriter (ācer), sharply ācrius ācerrimē facile (facilis), easily facilius facillimē

«477.» IRREGULAR COMPARISON OF ADVERBS

POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE diū, long,