Latin for Beginners eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 433 pages of information about Latin for Beginners.

Latin for Beginners eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 433 pages of information about Latin for Beginners.
outer, exterior outermost, last i:nferus, below i:nferior, lower i:nfimus, i:mus, lowest posterus, posterior, later postre:mus, postumus, following last superus, above superior, supre:mus, summus, higher highest [[cis, citra:,]] citerior, hither citimus, hithermost [[on this side]] [[in, intra:,]] interior, inner intimus, inmost [[in, within]] [[prae, pro:,]] prior, former pri:mus, first [[before]] [[prope, near]] propior, nearer proximus, next [[ultra:, beyond]] ulterior, further ultimus, furthest

476. REGULAR COMPARISON OF ADVERBS

POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE ca:re:  (ca:rus), dearly ca:rius ca:rissime:  misere:  (miser), wretchedly miserius miserrime:  a:criter (a:cer), sharply a:crius a:cerrime:  facile (facilis), easily facilius facillime: 

477. IRREGULAR COMPARISON OF ADVERBS

POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE diu:, long, a long time diu:tius diu:tissime:  bene (bonus), well melius, better optime:, best male (malus), ill peius, worse pessime:, worst magnopere, greatly magis, more maxime:, most multum (multus), much plu:s, more plu:rimum, most parum, little minus, less minime:, least saepe, often saepi:us saepissime: 

478. NUMERALS

The cardinal numerals are indeclinable excepting u:nus\, duo\, tre:s\, the hundreds above one hundred, and mi:lle\ used as a noun.  The ordinals are declined like bonus, -a, -um\.

CARDINALS                     ORDINALS
(How many)                  (In what order)
1,  u:nus, -a, -um,  one        pri:mus, -a, -um       first
2,  duo, duae, duo   two        secundus (or alter)  second
3,  tre:s, tria      three,     tertius                third,
4,  quattuor           etc.       qua:rtus                 etc.
5,  qui:nque                      qui:ntus
6,  sex                           sextus
7,  septem                        septimus
8,  octo:                          octa:vus
9,  novem                         no:nus
10,  decem                         decimus
11,  u:ndecim                      u:ndecimus
12,  duodecim                      duodecimus
13,  tredecim (decem (et) tre:s)   tertius decimus
14,  quattuordecim                 qua:rtus decimus
15,  qui:ndecim                    qui:ntus decimus

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