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Wheelock. ch 27.
vocab words from chapter 27 and irregular comparitives and superlatives.
original word | meaning/related words |
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delectatio | delectationis, f, delight/pleasure/enjoyment |
sol | solis, m, sun |
dissimilis | dissimile, unlike/different |
humilis | humile, lowly/humble |
maiores | maiorum, m, pl., ancestors |
quot | how many/as many as |
superus | supera, superum, above/upper |
utilis | utile, useful/advantageous |
probo | probare, probavi, probatum, approve/recomment/test |
nepos | nepotis, m, grandson/descendant |
diligens | diligentis, diligent/careful |
gracilis | gracile, slender/thin |
maior | maius, greater/older |
primus | prima, primum, first/foremost/chief/principal |
similis | simile, (+Gen. or Dat.), similar/like/resembling |
superi | superorum (m. pl), the gods |
pono | ponere, posui, positum, to put/place/set |
inferus -a -um | below |
malus -a -um | bad |
prope | near |
externus -a -um | foreign/out |
superus -a -um | above/high |
prae, pro | before |
bonus -a -um | good |
magnus -a -um | great |
multus -a -um | much |
parvus -a -um | small |
inferior -ius | more below |
peior -ius | worse |
propior -ius | nearer |
exterior -ius | outer |
superior -ius | higher |
prior -ius | prior |
melior -ius | better |
maior -ius | greater |
- - -, plus | more |
minor minus | smaller |
infimus -a -um | most below |
pessimus -a -um | worst |
proximus -a -um | nearest |
extremus -a -um | outermost |
supremus -a -um | highest |
primus -a -um | first |
optimus -a -um | best |
maximus -a -um | greatest |
plurimus -a -um | most |
minimus -a -um | smallest |
positive (regular) | normal form of adjective in masculine, feminine, and neuter |
comparitive (regular) | add -ior to the stem of the Genitive Singular for Masculine or Feminine and add -ius for Neuter. |
superlative (regular) | add -issimus for masculine, -issima for feminine, and -issimum for neuter. |