145. Adjectives in as, aiva, av; ns, es (G. eos); ús,

εία, ύ, append these endings directly to the neuter, e. g. :

μέγιστος.

μέγας (great), μείζων,

148. Comparatives and superlatives present no peculiarities in their declension, except in comparatives in wv and wv, which suffer contraction, as in the following

Comparison of Adjectives.-Exercises.

149. After comparatives two constructions are admissible:

1) The connective may be used; and then the
following noun is generally in the same
case as the corresponding noun before .
2) The connective may be omitted; and then
the following noun is put in the genitive.

150. RULE.-Comparison.

The comparative degree is followed,
1) Without ἤ, by the Genitive, e. g.
Μείζων ἐμοῦ εἶ.

You are taller than I.

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2) With ἤ, generally by the case of the corres-
ponding noun before it, e. g. :

Μείζων ἐστίν ἢ ἐγώ. I

He is taller than I.

151. RULE.-Partitive Genitive.

The Partitive Genitive may be used after superlatives, numerals, or any other words denoting a part, e. g. :

Καλλίας πλουσιώτατος ἦν | Callias was the richest of
τῶν ̓Αθηναίων.
the Athenians.

152. The superlative may sometimes be best translated by very instead of most, e. g.:

Κροῖσος πλουσιώτατος ἦν. | Crasus was very wealthy.

1. Σοφία πλούτου τιμιωτέρα ἐστίν. 2. Ὁ πατὴρ μείζων ἐστὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ. 3. Ὁ πατὴρ μείζων ἐστὶν ἢ ὁ

υἱός. 4. Οἱ 'Αθηναῖοι δύναμιν ἔχουσι μεγίστην των Ἑλλήνων. 5. Κτημάτων πάντων τιμιώτατόν ἐστιν ἀνὴρ φίλος. 6. Ο νεανίας λέγει τὰ ἥδιστα. 7. Ὁ πατὴρ λέγει τὰ βέλτιστα. 8. Ο Νεῖλος γλυκύτατός ἐστι πάντων τῶν ποταμῶν. 9. Η Βακτριανὴ εὐφορωτάτη ἐστίν. 10. Ο βαθύτατος ὕπνος ἥδιστός ἐστιν.

II.

1. The youth is taller than his brother. 2. The mother is beautiful. 3. The daughter is more beautiful than her mother. 4. The house is very large (superl.). 5. The cities are very beautiful. 6. The judge is wiser than the king.

LESSON XXVII.

Comparison of Adverbs.-Numerals.

155. Most adverbs are derived from adjectives, and are dependent upon them for their comparison, employing the neuter singular of the adjective in the comparative, and the neuter plural in the superlative, e. g.:

σοφώτερος,

Adj. σοφός,
σοφώτατος.
Adv. σοφῶς, σοφώτερον, σοφώτατα.

156. RULE.-Adverbs.

Adverbs modify verbs. adjectives, and other ad

verbs, e.g.:

Καλῶς ποιεί.

He is doing well.

NUMERALS.

157. Numerals comprise

I. NUMERAL ADJECTIVES: of which we notice the following classes:

1) Cardinals, which denote simply the number of objects ; as eis, one; δύο, two.

2) Ordinals, which mark the position of an object in a series; as πρῶτος, first ; δεύτερος,

second.

Π. NUMERAL ADVERBS: as ἅπαξ, once ; δίς, twice.

REM. 1.— The compounds οὐδείς and μηδείς are declined like

the simple eis.

REM. 2.-Δύο is often used as indeclinable.

159. Cardinal numbers from five to one hundred inclusive are indeclinable. Those denoting hundreds

* Also written τέτταρες.