Chapter Twenty-Six
Comparison
of Adjectives; Declension of
Comparatives; Ablative of Comparison
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cēna, cēnae (f)
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forum, forī (n)
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dinner
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marketplace, forum
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lēx, lēgis (f)
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līmen, līminis (n)
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law, statute
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threshold
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lūx, lūcis (f)
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mēnsa, mēnsae (f)
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light
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table; dining; dish, course
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mēnsa secunda (f)
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nox, noctis (f)
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dessert
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night
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somnus, somnī (m)
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quīdam, quaedam, quiddam
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sleep
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a certain one or thing, someone,
something
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quīdam, quaedam, quoddam
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pudīcus, pudīca, pudīcum
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a certain, some
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modest, chaste
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superbus, superba, superbum
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trīstis, trīste
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arrogant, overbearing, haughty,
proud
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sad, sorrowful; joyless, grim,
severe
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turpis, turpe
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urbānus, urbāna, urbānum
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ugly; shameful, base, disgraceful
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of the city, urban; urbane, elegant
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prae (+abl.)
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quam
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in front of, before
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than (after comparatives) or as
. . . as possible (with superlatives)
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tantum
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invītō, invītāre,
invītāvī, invītātum
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only
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to entertain, invite, summon
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Comparison of Adjectives
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cārus, cāra, cārum |
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longus, longa, longum |
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cārior, cārius |
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longior, longius
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cārissimus, cārissima, cārissimum |
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longissimus, longissima, longissimum
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fortis, forte |
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fēlīx, fēlīcis
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fortior, fortius |
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fēlīcior, fēlīcius
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fortissimus, fortissima, fortissimum |
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fēlīcissimus, fēlīcissima, fēlīcissimum
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potēns, potentis |
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sapiēns, sapientis
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potentior, potentius |
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sapientior, sapientius
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potentissimus, potentissima, potentissimum |
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sapientissimus, sapientissima, sapientissimum
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Continue onto Chapter
Twenty-Seven
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