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OLC, Ch. 24 SUPPLEMENTARY - IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES!!
A few very common adjectives do not follow the usual pattern for forming comparative and superlative forms. As in English with "good", "better" and "best", you simply have to learn them.
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| bonus, -a, -um | good |
| melior, melius | better |
| optimus, -a, -um | best, very good |
| malus, -a, -um | bad |
| peior, peius | worse |
| pessimus, -a, -um | worst, very bad |
| magnus, -a, -um | big |
| maior, maius | bigger |
| maximus, -a, -um | biggest, very big |
| multus, -a, -um | much (many, pl.) |
| plus, pluris (n) (so used as a noun in singular) | more |
| plures, plura (plural adj. forms) | more |
| plurimus, -a, -um | most, very many |
| parvus, -a, -um | small |
| minor, minus | smaller |
| minimus, -a, -um | smallest, very small |
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Upper School Latin |
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School |
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