Latin A-Level
Comparative and superlative formation
What Comparative and superlative formation means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Comparative and superlative formation
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For adjectives, the comparative adds -ior (masc./fem.) and -ius (neut.) to the stem, and the superlative adds -issimus/-a/-um; adverbs compare regularly with -ius and -issimē.
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