The following adjectives are irregular in their comparison:
| bonus, -a, -um good |
melior, melius better |
optimus, -a, -um best |
| malus, -a, -um bad |
pêior, peius worse |
pessimus, -a, -um worst |
| mâgnus, -a, -um great |
mâior, mâius greater |
mâximus, -a, -um greatest |
| parvus, -a, -um small |
minor, minus smaller, less |
minimus, -a, -um smallest, least |
| multus, -a, -um much |
*plûs, nom. plûris, gen. more |
plûrimus, -a, -um very many |
*plûs, plûris is a noun; it is followed by the genitive case: plûs, pecûniae, more money, plûs cîbî, more food.
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