Comparative Adjectives
There are multiple ways to translate a comparative adjective from Latin into English, for example:
| laetior | happier |
| more happy | |
| quite happy | |
| too happy |
Only the first two translations need to be learned for the GCSE Latin Language paper. They are followed by quam or the ablative of comparison, e.g.
| puella fortior quam puer est. |
| The girl is braver than the boy. |
| pax crudelior bello esse potest. |
| Peace can be crueller than war. |
The comparative adjective declines according to the 3rd Declension pattern. The m./f. nominative singular is the stem. Note the neuter nom./acc. singular ends in -ius.
Both types of adjective (2-1-2 and 3rd Declension) form their comparatives in the same way (stem + –ior).
laetior
| m. | f. (same as m.) | n. | ||
| singular | nom. | laetior | laetior | laetius |
| acc. | laetior-em | laetior-em | laetius | |
| gen. | laetior-is | laetior-is | laetior-is | |
| dat. | laetior-i | laetior-i | laetior-i | |
| abl. | laetior-e | laetior-e | laetior-e | |
| plural | nom. | laetior-es | laetior-es | laetior-a |
| acc. | laetior-es | laetior-es | laetior-a | |
| gen. | laetior-um | laetior-um | laetior-um | |
| dat. | laetior-ibus | laetior-ibus | laetior-ibus | |
| abl. | laetior-ibus | laetior-ibus | laetior-ibus |
fortior
| m. | f. (same as m.) | n. | ||
| singular | nom. | fortior | fortior | fortius |
| acc. | fortior-em | fortior-em | fortius | |
| gen. | fortior-is | fortior-is | fortior-is | |
| dat. | fortior-i | fortior-i | fortior-i | |
| abl. | fortior-e | fortior-e | fortior-e | |
| plural | nom. | fortior-es | fortior-es | fortior-a |
| acc. | fortior-es | fortior-es | fortior-a | |
| gen. | fortior-um | fortior-um | fortior-um | |
| dat. | fortior-ibus | fortior-ibus | fortior-ibus | |
| abl. | fortior-ibus | fortior-ibus | fortior-ibus |
