1. Degree of Adjectives 2 Types of Adjectives: 1st/2nd Declension Adjectives (recognized by the Nominative Singulars of “-us,-a,-um” ending) & 3rd Declension Adjectives (recognized by the Nominative Singulars of“-is,-is,-e” endings)
3 DEGREES OF ADJECTIVES
Examples:
1. POSITIVE – laetus,-a,-um “happy”
2. comparative – laetior “happier”
3. Superlative – laetissimus,-a-um “happiest”, “most happy”, “very Happy”
**Most superlative adjectives in latin form by adding the letters “-issimus,-a,-um” to the root of the adjective. Some however, are “special” (see your notes!)

2. Latin II – Comparison of Adjectives
POSITIVE ADJECTIVES: 1ST/2ND DECLENSION OR 3RD DECLENSION ENDINGS COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES: “-IOR” + 3RD DECLENSION NOUN ENDINGS *NEUTER, NOM. SING. = “-IUS’* SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVES: “-ISSIMUS,-A-UM”, “RRIMUS,-A,-UM”, OR “LLIMUS,-A-UM” (*ONLY HAVE 1ST/2ND DECLEN. ENDINGS) SEE NOTES!!!

3. hic et ille et Degree of Adjective Warm-up! 4/8/11
WHAT CASE & TRANSLATE!
hanc puellam: 3. hic vir:
illos pueros: 4. illa femina:
TRANSLATE!
leo erat maior quam hercules.
Aristo erat poeta melior quam Barbillus.
Metella erat pulcherrima uxor in Romā.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWERS & TRANSLATE!
leō (saevissima, saevissimus) intrāvit.
dominus meus est (laetissimus, laetissimum).
(multi, multa, multos)templa vīderamus in Aegyptiō.
dā mihi (ille, illum, illa) fustem!
Barbillus (hunc, haec, hōs, hās) statuās sibi ēmit.