Infiections.
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Inferi, gods of the lower WOrld,} Mare Inferum, Mediterranean inferior, /ower, Sea,
~nfimus, }lowest. { nnus,
supremus, last. super], gods above, }. z. •. 7. .. su enor ,"t 'ter, { Mare Superum, Adriatia Sea, P ,rg. summus, highest. 3. Comparative lacking, vetus, old, fidus, faithful, novus, new, sacer, sacred, falsus, false,
veterrimus. fidissimus. novissimus,s last. sacerrimus, falsissimus.
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Also in some other words less frequently used. 4.
Superlative lacking. alacrior, ingentior, saliitarior, jiinior, senior.
alacer, lively, ingens, great, saliitaris, wholesome, juvenis, young, senex, old,
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a. The Superlative is lacking also in many adjectives in .5.lis, ·ilis, -Ilia, -bills, and in a few others. Comparison
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Magis and
Maxime.
74. Many adjectives do not admit terminational compar ison, but form the Comparative and Superlative degrees by prefixing magis (more) and maxime (most). Here belongI. Many adjectives ending in -iilis, -aris, -idus, -flis, -ious, imus, in us, ·orus. 2. Adjectives in .us, preceded by a vowel; as, i6.oneus, adaptea . arduus, steep; necessarius, necessary.
a. Adjectives in -quus, of course, do not come under this rule. The first u in such cases is not a vowel, but a consonant. vetustior, from vetustus. Supplied by recentior. 8 For newest, recentissimus is used. • Supplied by mintmus na.to.. 'Supplied by maximus na.tii. 1 Supplied by 2