29: Adjective Variations

Question 1

ἀληθής, -ές

Answer 1

true; genuine

Question 2

ἔξω

Answer 2

out(side) (adverb); + gen., out of

Question 3

ἔτι

Answer 3

still, yet

Question 4

μακάριος, -α, -ον

Answer 4

blessed

Question 5

μᾶλλον

Answer 5

more; rather

Question 6

πολλῷ μάλλον

Answer 6

all the more; much more

Question 7

μέγας, μεγάλη, μέγα

Answer 7

great; large

Question 8

μείζων, μεῖζον

Answer 8

greater; larger (comparative of μέγας)

Question 9

πάλιν

Answer 9

again

Question 10

πλείων, πλεῖον

Answer 10

more; greater (most) (comparative of πολύς)

Question 11

πολύς, πολλή, πολύ

Answer 11

much, many; often

Question 12

πρεσβύτερος, -α, -ον

Answer 12

older, elder (comparative of πρέσβυς)

Question 13

γεννητός, -ή, -όν

Answer 13

born

Question 14

νεός, -ή, -όν

Answer 14

young

Question 15

Recite μέγας (Masculine) Paradigm

Answer 15

Question 16

Recite μεγάλη (Feminine) Paradigm

Answer 16

Question 17

Recite μἐγα (Neuter) Paradigm

Answer 17

Question 18

Recite πολύς (Masculine) Paradigm

Answer 18

Question 19

Recite πολλἠ (Feminine) Paradigm

Answer 19

Question 20

Recite πολύ (Neuter) Paradigm

Answer 20

Question 21

Recite Third Declension Comparative Adjective Paradigm

Answer 21

Question 22

Recite Vowel Stem Adjective Paradigm

Answer 22

Question 23

What are the adjective degrees? (3)

Answer 23

1. Positive (“good”)
2. Comparative (“better”)
3. Superlative (“best”)

Question 24

In what two ways can you form a comparative adjective?

Answer 24

1. By attaching the Third Declension Comparative Adjective Paradigm to the adjective stem
2. Attaching the endings -τερος, -τερα, -τερον to the positive degree form, like πρεσβύ_τερος._

Question 25

χείρων

Answer 25

worse (comparative of κακός)

Question 26

κρείσσων or κρείττων

Answer 26

better (comparative of ἀγαθός/καλός)

Question 27

ἀσθενής

Answer 27

weak

(ἀσθενέσ_τερος_, weaker)

Question 28

εὔκοπος

Answer 28

easy

(εὐκοπώ_τερος_, weaker)

Question 29

ἰσχυρός

Answer 29

strong

(ἰσχυρό_τερος_, stronger)

Question 30

μικρός

Answer 30

small

(μικρό_τερος_, smaller)

Question 31

νεός

Answer 31

new, young

(νεώ_τερος_, newer, younger)

Question 32

περισσός

Answer 32

abundant

(περισσότερος, more abundant)

Question 33

πονηρός

Answer 33

wicked

(πονηρότερος, more wicked)

Question 34

σοφός

Answer 34

wise

(σοφώτερος, wiser)

Question 35

What three uses do comparative adjectives have?

Answer 35

The same three uses as regular adjectives.

1. Attributive

(ὀ μείζων ἄνθρωπος, “the greater man”

2. Predicate

(αὐτὸ μεῖζων ἐστίν, “It is greater”)

3. Substantive

(ἡ μείζων, “the greater (woman)”)

Question 36

What two ways can be used in Greek to express comparison?

Answer 36

1. The particle ἤ, signifying “than”. Here the thing compared is put into the same case as the comparative adjective.

(αὐτός ἐστιν μείζων ἤ ἐγώ, “He is greater than I”)

2. Using the Genitive of Comparison - where the thing compared is expressed in the genitive case. Translated “than” rather than “of”

(αὐτός ἐστιν μείζων τοῦ δούλου, He is greater than the slave”)

Question 37

What two ways can be used to form the superlative degree?

Answer 37

1. Recognizing the formal similarity with the English superlative

(ὕψ_ιστ_ος, highest)

2. Attaching the suffix -τατος to the positive degree form

(ἅγιος > ἁγιό_τατος_, holiest)

Question 38

What is the adverbial accusative?

Answer 38

Neuter Accusative Singular adjectives that are used to describe a verb. Also true for comparative adjectives:

(μείζον, “in a greater way”)