| A | B |
| celerrima flumina | very fast rivers/fastest rivers |
| laetiores cives | happier citizens/rather happy citizens/ too happy citizens |
| optimi libri | the best books/very good books |
| pessimus magister | the worst master/teacher; the very bad master/teacher |
| clariorae discipulae | the brighter students; the rather bright students; the too bright students |
| pulcherrimae urbes | the very beatiful/most beautiful cities |
| acerrimi hostes | the very fierce/fiercest enemies |
| latissimum flumen | the widest/very wide river |
| maximi poetae | the greatest/very great poets |
| melior ludus | the better/rather good/too good school |
| maior exercitus | the greater/bigger army; the rather great army |
| minus oppidum | the smaller/rather smaller/too small town |
| melius tempus | a better time; a rather good time |
| peiores milites | the worse/rather bad soldiers |
| plurimae uxores | most/very many wives |
| gravior nuntius | more serious news/message; rather serious news/message |
| miserrima puella | the very sad/saddest girl |
| difficillima bella | the very difficult/most difficult wars |
| aceriores gladii | the sharper/rather sharp/too sharp swords |
| felicissimi dies | the happiest/most happy days |