CLAS 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Simile
24 Aug 2018
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Superlative = miserrimus, -a, -m (most wretched, very wretched) Five special adjectives that end in -limus, -a, -um. The two things being compared must be in the same case. gravius pulchrius facilius. The girl is more beautiful than her mother. Comparison between two things using ablative of comparison. Construction requires 1) a comparative, 2) an ablative. Formed by a neuter singular substantive adjective in the ablative case. Multo altior est filius quam pater (by much) the son is much taller than his father. Relative clause of purpose with ablative of degree of difference.
