POSITIVE DEGREE |
COMPARATIVE DEGREE |
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE |
|---|---|---|
| BONUS | MELIOR | OPTIMUS |
| MALUS | PEIOR | PESSIMUS |
| MAGNUS | MAIOR | MAXIMUS |
| PARVUS | MINOR | MINIMUS |
| MULTUS | –, PLUS | PLURIMUS |
| EXTERUS | EXTERIOR | EXTREMUS |
| INFERUS | INFERIOR | INFIMUS |
| SUPERUS | SUPERIOR | SUPREMUS (logic), SUMMUS (distance) |
| PRAE (adverb) | PRIOR | PRIMUS |
| PROPE | PROPIOR | PROXIMUS |
| ULTRA | ULTERIOR | ULTIMUS |
| INTRA | INTERIOR | INTIMUS |
| DE | DETERIOR | DETERRIMUS |
| POST | POSTERIOR | POSTREMUS |
| ANTE | ANTERIOR | — |
POSITIVE DEGREE |
COMPARATIVE DEGREE |
SUPERLATIVE DEGREE |
|---|---|---|
| STULTUS | STULTIOR | STULTISSIMUS |
| VERUS | VERIOR | VERISSIMUS |
| BELLUS | BELLIOR | BELISSIMUS |
| HUMANUS | HUMANIOR | HUMANISSIMUS |
| FORTUNATUS | FORTUNATIOR | FORTUNATISSIMUS |
| PRAECLARUS | PRAECLARIOR | PRAECLARISSIMUS |
| RARUS | RARIOR | RARISSIMUS |
| BEATUS | BEATIOR | BEATISSIMUS |
| ANGUSTUS | ANGUSTIOR | ANGUSTISSIMUS |
| SANUS | SANIOR | SANISSIMUS |
| PERITUS | PERITIUS | PERITISSIMUS |
| ASPER | ASPERIOR | ASPERRIMUS |
| SALVUS | SALVIOR | SALVISSIMUS |
| PLENUS | PLENIOR | PLENISSIMUS |
| FIRMUS | FIRMIUR | FIRMISSIMUS |
| NOVUS | NOVIOR | NOVISSIMUS |
| DURUS | DURIOR | DURISSIMUS |
| DIGNUS | DIGNIOR | DIGNISSIMUS |
| ATER | ATRIOR | ATERRIMUS |
| ALTUS | ALTIOR | ALTISSIMUS |
| RECTUS | RECTIOR | RECTISSIMUS |
| CARUS | CARIOR | CARISSIMUS |
| AMICUS | AMICIOR | AMICISSIMUS |
| SENEX | SENIOR | MAXIMUS NATU |
| ADULESCENS | ADULESCENTIOR | MINIMUS NATU |
| ACERBUS | ACERBIOR | ACERBISSIMUS |
| SAPIENS | SAPIENTIOR | SAPIENTISSIMUS |
| DOCTUS | DOCTIOR | DOCTISSIMUS |
| CELER | CELERIOR | CELERRIMUS |
| PERNICIOSUS | PERNICIOSIOR | PERNICIOSISSIMUS |
| MISER | MISERIOR | MISERRIMUS |
| BREVIS | BREVIOR | BREVISSIMUS |
| FACILIS | FACILIOR | FACILLIMUS |
| DULCIS | DULCIOR | DULCISSIMUS |
| FORTIS | FORTIOR | FORTISSIMUS |
| LONGUS | LONGIOR | LONGISSIMUS |
| PRUDENS | PRUDENTIOR | PRUDENTISSIMUS |
| SCELESTUS | SCELESTIOR | SCELESTISSIMUS |
| GRAVIS | GRAVIOR | GRAVISSIMUS |
| VEHEMENS | VEHEMENTIOR | VEHEMENTISSIMUS |
John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu