Comparing Adverbs

What do these words have in common? clarē = clearly clarē = clearly pulchrē = beautifully pulchrē = beautifully gratē = gratefully gratē = gratefully certē = surely certē = surely they are adverbs they are adverbs they come from 1 st /2 nd declension adjectives (e.g., clarus, clara, clarum & pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum) they come from 1 st /2 nd declension adjectives (e.g., clarus, clara, clarum & pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum) they add an “ē” to the base of the adj to turn it into an adv they add an “ē” to the base of the adj to turn it into an adv

What do these words have in common? fortiter = bravely fortiter = bravely leviter = lightly leviter = lightly graviter= seriously graviter= seriously acriter = fiercely acriter = fiercely they are adverbs they are adverbs they come from 3 rd declension adjectives (e.g., fortis, forte & acer, acris, acre) they come from 3 rd declension adjectives (e.g., fortis, forte & acer, acris, acre) they add an “iter” to the base of the adj to turn it into an adv they add an “iter” to the base of the adj to turn it into an adv

Positive Degree of Adverb 1 st /2 nd declension (clarus, clara, clarum): add “ē” to base 1 st /2 nd declension (clarus, clara, clarum): add “ē” to base 3 rd declension (fortis, forte): add “iter” to base 3 rd declension (fortis, forte): add “iter” to base

What do these words have in common? clarius = more clearly clarius = more clearly pulchrius = too beautifully pulchrius = too beautifully fortius = rather bravely fortius = rather bravely levius = more lightly levius = more lightly they are adverbs in comparative degree they are adverbs in comparative degree add “ius” to base add “ius” to base identical to neuter comparative form of adjective identical to neuter comparative form of adjective

What do these words have in common? clarissim = more clearly clarissim = more clearly pulchrius = too beautifully pulchrius = too beautifully fortius = rather bravely fortius = rather bravely levius = more lightly levius = more lightly they are adverbs in comparative degree they are adverbs in comparative degree add “ius” to base add “ius” to base identical to neuter comparative form of adjective identical to neuter comparative form of adjective

What do these words have in common? clarrissimē = very clearly clarrissimē = very clearly pulcherrimē = most beautifully pulcherrimē = most beautifully fortissimē = most bravely fortissimē = most bravely acerrimē = extremely fiercely acerrimē = extremely fiercely they are adverbs in superlative degree they are adverbs in superlative degree they add an “ē” to the superlative form of the adjective they add an “ē” to the superlative form of the adjective

quam + superlative degree “as _____ as possible” quam celerrimē = as quickly as possible quam celerrimē = as quickly as possible quam iustissimē = _________________ quam iustissimē = _________________

quam + superlative degree “as _____ as possible” quam celerrimē = as quickly as possible quam celerrimē = as quickly as possible quam iustissimē = as fairly as possible quam iustissimē = as fairly as possible

De ī Roman ō rum dissimillim ī de ī s hodie erant.

The Romans’ gods were very different to gods today (i.e., unlike gods today).