| Adjectives |
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Just as the degrees of "good, better, best" are irregular in English, a few common Latin adjectives have irregular comparative and superlative degrees. Although the forms are irregular, the comparative degree is still a 3rd declension adjective and the superlative degree is still a 1st-2nd declension adjective.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| bonus, bona, bonum good |
melior, melius better |
optimus, optima, optimum best |
| malus bad |
peior, peius worse |
pessimus, pessima, pessimum worst |
| magnus,magna, magnum great,large |
maior, maius greater |
maximus, maxima, maximum greatest |
| parvus, parva, parvum small |
minor, minus smaller |
minimus, minima, minimum smallest |
| multi, multae, multa many |
plures, plura more |
plurimi, plurimae, plurima most |
Some useful adjectives having "missing" parts, by which we mean that there is no written record of them anywhere in the body of Latin that survives, although linguists can guess at what form they might have taken.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
|---|---|---|
| no known form | exterior, exterius outer |
extremus, -a, -um outermost, farthest |
| no known form | inferior, inferius lower |
infimus, -a, -um lowest, bottom of |
| no known form | prior, prius former, earlier |
primus, -a, -um first, foremost |
| no known form | superior, superius higher |
summus, -a, -um highest |
| no known form | ulterior, ulterius farther |
ultimus, -a, -um farthest |
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