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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	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	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.