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Wheelock's Latin - Chapters 27
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Language - Latin
Undergraduate 1
03/13/2011

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Term
Irregular Superlative Adjectives
Definition

Case I

Six adjectives ending in -lis form the superlative by adding -limus, -lima, or -lumum to the base

 

Six Cases:

facilis, -e

difficilis, -e

similis, -e

dissimilis, -e

gracilis, -e

humilis, -e

 

Case II

Adjectives whose masculine case ends in -er adds -rimus, -rima, -rimum 

Term
Irregular Comparison Adjectives
Definition

Positive / Comparative / Superlative

bonus, -a, -um (good) / melior, -ius (better) / optimus, -a, -um (best)

magnus, -a, -um (great) / maior, -ius (greater) / maximus, -a, -um (greatest)

malus, -a, -um (bad) / peior, -ius (worse) / pessimus, -a, -um (worst)

multus, -a, -um (much) / plūs (more) / plūrimus, -a, -um (most)

parvus, -a, -um (small) / minor, minus (smaller) / minimus, -a, -um (smallest)

prae, prō (in front of, before) / prior, -ius (former) / prīmus, -a, -um (first)

superus, -a, -um (that above) / superior, -ius (higher) / summus, -a, -um (highest, farthest) or suprēmus, -a, -um (highest, last)

Term
Declension of Plūs
Definition

No Masculine or Feminine for Singular

 

Singular

Neuter

Nom: plūs

Gen: plūris

Dat: - 

Acc: plūs

Abl: -plūre

 

Plural

Masculine + Feminine / Neuter

Nom: plūrēs / plūra

Gen: plūrium

Dat: plūribus

Acc: plūrēs / plūra

Abl: plūribus

Term
delight, pleasure, enjoyment
Definition

dēlectātiō, dēlectātiōnis

feminine

Term
grandson, descendant
Definition

nepōs, nepōtis

masculine

Term
sun
Definition

sōl, sōlis

masculine

Term
diligent, careful
Definition

dīligēns, gen. dīligentis

adjective

Term
unlike, different
Definition

dissimilis, dissimile

adjective

Term
slender, thin
Definition

gracilis, gracile

adjective

Term
humble, lowly
Definition

humilis, humile

adjective

Term
greater, older
Definition

maior, maius

comparative adjective


masculine plural: maiōres, maiōrum

ancestors

Term
first, foremost, chief, principle
Definition

prīmus, -a, -um

adjective

 

Term
how many, as many as 
Definition

quot

indeclinable adjective

Term
similar to, like, resembling
Definition

similes, simile + dat/gen

adjective

Term
above, upper
Definition

superus, -a, -um

adjective


masculine plural: superī, -ōrum

the gods

Term
useful, advantageous
Definition

ūtilis, ūtile

adjective

Term
to put, place, set
Definition
pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positum
Term
to approve, recommend; to test
Definition
probō, probāre, probāvī, probātum
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