Irregular Comparison
The following adjectives are irregular in their comparison:
| bonus, -a, -um
good |
melior, melius
better |
optimus, -a, -um
best |
| malus, -a, -um
bad |
pëior, peius
worse |
pessimus, -a, -um
worst |
| mägnus, -a, -um
great |
mäior, mäius
greater |
mäximus, -a, -um
greatest |
| parvus, -a, -um
small |
minor, minus
smaller, less |
minimus, -a, -um
smallest, least |
| multus, -a, -um
much |
*plüs, nom. plüris, gen.
more |
plürimus, -a, -um
very many |
*plüs, plüris is a noun; it is followed by the genitive case: plüs, pecüniae, more money, plüs cïbï, more food.
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