1. Chapter 35

2. Comparisons of Adjectives Latin sentences in which a direct comparison is made may take one of two patterns:   Sextus est molestior quam Marcus.   Sextus est molestior Marco. Sextus is more annoying than Marcus.  

3. In the first example, quam (than) is used with the same case on eitherside of it (i.e. molestior and Marcus are both nominative). In the second example, no word for "than" is used, and Marco is ablative.

4. Activity 1 - Translate the following sentences.
1. Hic servus est ignavissimus omnium. Nullum servum ignaviorem habet Cornelius Martialis Eucleide est multo prudentior.

5. 3. Ego semper habeo multo minus pecuniae quam tu. 4
3. Ego semper habeo multo minus pecuniae quam tu Marcus est maximus liberorum, Sextus est minimus Ad amicum epistulam longissimam mittam, ad fratrem breviorem.

6. Adverbs A. Adverbs may be formed from adjectives of the
Adverbs A. Adverbs may be formed from adjectives of the 1st-2nd declension by adding -e to the base of the adjective:   Adjective Adverb strenuus, -a,-um strenue, strenuously, hard

7. B. Adverbs may be formed from adjectives of the
B. Adverbs may be formed from adjectives of the 3rd declension by adding -iter to the base of an adjective or -er to bases ending in nt: Adjective Adverb brevis, -is, -e breviter, briefly prudens, prudentis prudenter, wisely N.B. facilis, -is, -e facile, easily

8. Activity 2: Give the adverbs and their meanings that may be formed
Activity 2: Give the adverbs and their meanings that may be formed from these adjectives
1. ignavus, ignava, ignavum lazy
______________________ ____________________
2. fortis, fortis, forte brave
3. lentus, lenta, lentum slow
4. neglegens, neglegentis careless

9. 5. miser, misera, miserum unhappy. ______________________
5. miser, misera, miserum unhappy ______________________ ____________________ 6. ferox, ferociter fierce ______________________ ____________________ 7. gravis, gravis, grave heavy, serious ______________________ ____________________ 8. laetus, laeta, laetum happy ______________________ ____________________

10. 9. vehemens, vehementis violent. ______________________
9. vehemens, vehementis violent ______________________ ____________________ 10. iratus, irata, iratum angry ______________________ ____________________ 11. celer, celeris, celere swift ______________________ ____________________ 12. pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum pretty ______________________ ____________________

11. Comparative and Superlative 1
Comparative and Superlative 1. The neuter singular comparative adjective ending -ius is used as the comparative adverb. a. lentius, more slowly, rather slowly or too slowly 2. The superlative adjective ends in -us, -a, -um; the superlative adverb ends in -e. a. lentissime, most slowly or very slowly

12. positive. comparative. superlative laete, happily. laetius
positive comparative superlative laete, happily laetius laetissime feliciter, luckily felicius felicissime celeriter, quickly celerius celerrime prudenter, wisely prudentius prudentissime N.B. diu, for a long time diutius diutissime saepe, often saepius saepissime

13. Irregular Adverbs positive. comparative. superlative bene, well
Irregular Adverbs positive comparative superlative bene, well melius, better optime, best male, badly peius, worse pessime, worst facile, easily facilius, more easily facillime, most easily magnopere, greatly magis, more maxime, most paulum, little minus, less minime, least multum, much plus, more plurimum, most

14. Activity 3: Translate 1. Diutius manēre mihi non licet
Activity 3: Translate 1. Diutius manēre mihi non licet. Necesse est mihi celerrime ad urbem redīre Hic puer optime omnium scribit Nemo celerius quam frater meus currere potest.

15. 4. De periculis viarum saepissime audivimus. 5
4. De periculis viarum saepissime audivimus Per vias urbis lente amublāre volo Titus plurimum bibit.