POSITIVE              COMPARATIVE  SUPERLATIVE
Adj.  fortis, brave       fortior      fortissimus
Adv.  fortiter, bravely   fortius      fortissime: 

Adj.  auda:x, bold         auda:cior     auda:cissimus
Adv.  auda:cter, boldly    auda:cius     auda:cissime: 

[Footnote 1:  This is a good working rule, though there are some
exceptions to it.]

322. Case Forms as Adverbs.  As we learned above, the neuter accusative of comparatives is used adverbially.  So in the positive or superlative some adjectives, instead of following the usual formation, use the accusative or the ablative singular neuter adverbially; as,

Adj. facilis, easy pri:mus, first
Adv. facile (acc.), easily pri:mum (acc.), first
pri:mo:  (abl.), at first
Adj. multus, many plu:rimus, most
Adv. multum (acc.), much plu:rimum (acc.), most
multo:  (abl.), by much

323. Learn the following irregular comparisons: 

bene, well melius, better optime:, best diu:, long (time) diu:tius, longer diu:tissime:, longest magnopere, greatly magis, more maxime:, most parum, little minus, less minime:, least prope, nearly, near propius, nearer proxime:, nearest saepe, often saepius, oftener saepissime:, oftenest

324. Form adverbs from the following adjectives, using the regular rules, and compare them:  laetus\, superbus\, molestus\, amicus\, acer\, brevis\, gravis\, recens\.

325. RULE.  Adverbs. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

326. EXERCISES

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 297.

I. 1.  Nulla res melius gesta est quam proelium illud[2] ubi Marius multo minore exercitu multo maiores copias Germanorum in fugam dedit. 2.  Audacter in Romanorum cohortis hostes impetus fecerunt 3.  Marius autem omnes hos fortissime sustinuit. 4.  Barbari nihilo fortiores erant quam Romani. 5.  Primo barbari esse superiores videbantur, tum Romani acrius contenderunt. 6.  Denique, ubi iam diutissime paene aequo proelio pugnatum est, barbari fugam petierunt. 7.  Quaedam Germanorum gentes, simul atque rumorem illius calamitatis audiverunt, sese in ultimis regionibus finium suorum abdiderunt. 8.  Romani saepius quam hostes vicerunt, quod meliora arma habebant. 9.  Inter omnis gentis Romani plurimum valebant. 10.  Hae cohortes simul atque in aequiorem regionem se receperunt, castra sine ulla difficultate posuerunt.

II. 1.  Some nations are easily overcome by their enemies. 2.  Germany is much larger than Gaul. 3.  Were not the Romans the most powerful among the tribes of Italy? 4.  On account of (his) wounds the soldier dragged his body from the ditch with the greatest difficulty. 5.  He was able neither to run nor to fight. 6.  Who saved him?  A certain horseman boldly undertook the matter. 7.  The rumors concerning the soldier’s death were not true.