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238 APPENDIX I
476.
REGULAR COMPARISON OF ADVERBS
Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
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cārē (cārus), dearly | cārius | cārissimē |
miserē (miser), wretchedly | miserius | miserrimē |
ācriter (ācer), sharply | ācrius | ācerrimē |
facile (facilis), easily | facilius | facillimē |
477.
IRREGULAR COMPARISON OF ADVERBS
Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
---|---|---|
diū, long, a long time | diūtius | diūtissimē |
bene (bonus), well | melius, better | optimē, best |
male (malus), ill | peius, worse | pessimē, worst |
magnopere, greatly | magis, more | maximē, most |
multum (multus), much | plūs, more | plūrimum, most |
parum, little | minus, less | minimē, least |
saepe, often | saepīus | saepissimē |
478.
NUMERALS
The cardinal numerals are indeclinable excepting ūnus, duo, trēs, the hundreds above one hundred, and mīlle used as a noun. The ordinals are declined like bonus, -a, -um.
Cardinals | Ordinals | |||
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(How many) |
(In what order) |
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1, | ūnus, -a, -um, | one | prīmus, -a, -um | first |
2, | duo, duae, duo | two | secundus (or alter) | second |
3, | trēs, tria | three, | tertius | third, |
4, | quattuor | etc. | quārtus | etc. |
5, | quīnque | quīntus | ||
6, | sex | sextus | ||
7, | septem | septimus | ||
8, | octō | octāvus | ||
9, | novem | nōnus | ||
10, | decem | decimus | ||
11, | ūndecim | ūndecimus | ||
12, | duodecim | duodecimus | ||
13, | tredecim (decem (et) trēs) | tertius decimus | ||
14, | quattuordecim | quārtus decimus |