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Rh § 33. Adjectives in -ĕr of the Second Class.—Most of these form N.V. Fem. by adding -ĭs, and N.V.A. Neut. by adding -ĕ to the base. Thus they have three terminations in N.V. Sing. only.

§ 34. Comparative Adjectives (§ 35) are declined thus:

Ex. māiŏr greater. § 35. There are three Degrees of Comparison, the Positive, the Comparative, and the Superlative. The Positive denotes simply that a thing (or person) has a certain quality, as făcĭlĭs easy. The Comparative denotes that it has the quality in a higher degree than some other thing, as făcĭlĭŏr easier. The Superlative denotes either that it has the quality in a higher degree than several other things, or