Degree of Adjectives 2 Types of Adjectives: 1st/2nd Declension Adjectives (recognized by the Nominative Singulars of “-us,-a,-um” ending) & 3rd Declension.

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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!)

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!!!

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.