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COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES 237
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plūs, more |
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| Nom. | —— | plūs | plūrēs | plūra |
| Gen. | —— | plūris | plūrium | plūrium |
| Dat. | —— | —— | plūribus | plūribus |
| Acc. | —— | plūs | plūrīs (-ēs) | plūra |
| Abl. | —— | plūre | plūribus | plūribus |
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IRREGULAR COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
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| bonus, -a, -um, good | melior, melius, better | optimus, -a, -um, best | |
| malus, -a, -um, bad | peior, peius, worse | pessimus, -a, -um, worst | |
| magnus, -a, -um, great | maior, maius, greater | maximus, -a, -um, greatest | |
| multus, -a, -um, much | ——, plūs, more | plūrimus, -a, -um, most | |
| parvus, -a, -um, small | minor, minus, smaller | minimus, -a, -um, smallest | |
| senex, senis, old | senior | maximus nātū | |
| iuvenis, -e, young | iūnior | minimus nātū | |
| vetus, veteris, old | vetustior, -ius | veterrimus, -a, -um | |
| facilis, -e, easy | facilior, -ius | facillimus, -a, -um | |
| difficilis, -e, difficult | difficilior, -ius | difficillimus, -a, -um | |
| similis, -e, similar | similior, -ius | simillimus, -a, -um | |
| dissimilis, -e, dissimilar | dissimilior, -ius | dissimillimus, -a, -um | |
| humilis, -e, low | humilior, -ius | humillimus, -a, -um | |
| gracilis, -e, slender | gracilior, -ius | gracillimus, -a, -um | |
| exterus, outward | exterior, outer, exterior | extrēmus extimus |
outermost, last |
| īnferus, below | īnferior, lower | īnfimus īmus |
lowest |
| posterus, following | posterior, later | postrēmus postumus |
last |
| superus, above | superior, higher | suprēmus summus |
highest |
| [cis, citrā, on this side] | citerior, hither | citimus, hithermost | |
| [in, intrā, in, within] | interior, inner | intimus, inmost | |
| [prae, prō, before] | prior, former | prīmus, first | |
| [prope, near] | propior, nearer | proximus, next | |
| [ultrā, beyond] | ulterior, further | ultimus, furthest | |
