Expertlatin
- How to do comparisons in Latin?
- What are the two ways to compare things in Latin?
- What are Latin degrees of comparison?
- What is the Latin ABL of comparison?
How to do comparisons in Latin?
To form the comparative of most Latin adjectives we use the ending '-ior' for the masculine and feminine forms and the ending '-ius' for the neuter form. For example: The comparative for pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum 'beautiful' is pulchrior (masculine), pulchrior (feminine) and pulchrius (neuter) 'more beautiful'.
What are the two ways to compare things in Latin?
You may use the Ablative of Comparison: ego beatior sum illo. 2. You may use quam = "than" with the standard in the same case as the entity compared: ego beatior sum quam ille. The Ablative of Comparison, however, can only be used when the thing-compared is in the Nominative or Accusative case.
What are Latin degrees of comparison?
123. In Latin, as in English, there are three degrees of comparison: the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. 124. The Comparative is regularly formed by adding -ior (neuter -ius),1 the Superlative by adding -issimus (-a, -um), to the stem of the Positive, which loses its final vowel.
What is the Latin ABL of comparison?
Latin has another way of saying “than:” the ablative of comparison in which the equivalent of the word following “than” in English is put in the ablative case — no quam, no preposition — just the word in the ablative.
