 | Karl Gottlob Zumpt - Latin language - 1823 - 416 pages
...no distinct objects of comparison, homo doctlssimus, a very learned man. The comparative is formed by adding or for the masculine and feminine, and us for the neuter, to a case of the positive ending in i; e. gr. durus, duri, durior, durius ; brevis, brevi, brevior,... | |
 | Thomas Ruddiman - Latin language - 1828 - 206 pages
...always of the First and Second. RULES. 1. The Comparative is formed from the first case of the Positive in i, by adding or for the Masculine and Feminine, and us for the Neuter : as, Doctus, learned, Gen. docti ; Comparative, dottior for the Masc. docti-or for the Fem, docti-us for... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - Latin language - 1836 - 352 pages
...comparative degree is formed from the first case of the positive which ends in ยป, by adding the syllable or for the masculine and feminine, and us for the neuter ; as, Nom. altus, alia, altum, Gen. alti : then adding or and us, we have altior, altior, altius. In adjectives... | |
 | Ezekiel Cheever - Latin language - 1838 - 84 pages
...brevius. The Superlative increases the positive to the highest degree ; as, durissimus, hardest: it is formed from the first case of the positive that ends in i, by adding $simus ; as from duri, durissimus ; brevi, brevissimus. From these general rules, the following are'... | |
 | Eton coll - 1838 - 214 pages
...increases, or diminishes, the signification or comparison, to the greatest degree ; and is formed of the first case of the positive that ends in i, by adding thereto -ssimus : as, of Gen. docti, is formed doctissimw, most learned. Dat. brevi, is formed brevisiimw,... | |
 | Dublin Latin Grammar - 1842 - 184 pages
...adding or, as from Genitive, docti, is formed doctior ; from Dative, felici, felicior. The Superlative is formed from the first Case of the Positive that ends in t, by adding s and simus ; as from docti, is formed doctissimus ; floia felici, felissimus. Examples... | |
 | George Taylor - 1844 - 128 pages
...degrees of comparison; 1. the POSITIVE, 2. the COMPARATIVE, 3. the SUPERLATIVE. (Seepage 3.) In Latin the Comparative is formed from the first case of the Positive that ends in i, by adding to it the syllable or in the Masculine and Feminine genders, and the syllable us in the Neuter ; thus,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - Latin language - 1845 - 240 pages
...durissimus, hardest ; mitissimus, mildest. FORMATION OF THE DEGREES. 121. The Comparative degree is formed by adding or for the masculine and feminine, and us for the neuter, to a case of the positive ending in i ; as, durus, duri, hard ; duri-or, duri-us, harder ; brevis,... | |
 | Peter Bullions - Latin language - 1846 - 354 pages
...must be used. RULES OF COMPARISON. 1. The Comparative is formed from any case of the positive ending in -i, by adding -or, for the Masculine and Feminine, and -us for the Neuter; as, Positive. Comparative. MF' N. Durus, hard, (duri,) duri-or, duri-us, harder. Brevis, short, (brevi,)... | |
 | William Hunter (rector of Ayr acad.) - 1847 - 220 pages
...Paupere reg. Paupere rege. Roi pauvre. COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES. 1. The comparative degree is formed by adding -or for the masculine and feminine, and -us for the neuter, to that case of the positive which ends in - i ; or more correctly, to the stem pure, or modified.... | |
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The Comparative is formed from the first case of the positive that ends in i, by adding or for the masculine and feminine, and us for the neuter; as Durus, G. 
