| Adjectives |
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A few common Latin adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative degrees, just as the degrees of "good, better, best" are irregular in English. Notice that, while the forms are irregular, the comparative remains a 3rd declension adjective and the superlative is still a 1st/2nd declension adjective. As with all adjectives in the latter group, the 1st declension is used to modify feminine nouns, while the 2nd declension modifies masculine and neuter nouns.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| bonus, -a, -um good |
melior, melius better |
optimus, -a, -um best |
| malus bad |
peior, peius worse |
pessimus, -a, um worst |
| magnus,-a, -um great,large |
maior, maius greater |
maximus, -a, -um greatest |
| parvus, -a, -um small |
minor, minus smaller |
minimus, -a, -um smallest |
| multi, -ae, -a many |
plures, plura more |
plurimi, -ae, -a most |
Some adjectives having "missing " parts. This means that we have no written record of them anywhere in the body of Latin that survives (although linguists can guess at what they might have been).
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| no positive form | exterior, exterius outer |
extremus, -a, -um outermost, farthest |
| no positive form | inferior, inferius lower |
infimus, -a, -um lowest, bottom of |
| no positive form | prior, prius former, earlier |
primus, -a, -um first, foremost |
| no positive form | superior, superius higher |
summus, -a, -um highest |
| no positive form | ulterior, ulterius farther |
ultimus, -a, -um farthest |
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