Ch. 21

Question 1

plus, pluris n. (often + gen.)

Answer 1

more

Question 2

advenio, advenire, adveni, adventurus

Answer 2

to arrive, come to; happen

Question 3

conficio, conficere, confeci, confectus

Answer 3

to finish, accomplish; weaken, kill

Question 4

curo, curare, curavi, curatus

Answer 4

to care for/about, pay attention to; cure

Question 5

deleo, delere, delevi, deletus

Answer 5

to destroy; blot out

Question 6

intellego, intellegere, intellexi, intellectus

Answer 6

to understand

Question 7

quaero, quaerere, quaesivi (-ii), quaesitus

Answer 7

to look for, seek; ask

Question 8

resisto, resistere, restiti (often + dat)

Answer 8

to resist, oppose, make a stand

Question 9

communis, commune

Answer 9

shared, common; public

Question 10

gravis, grave

Answer 10

heavy; serious, important; difficult

Question 11

iustus, iusta, iustum

Answer 11

just, fair

Question 12

quidam, quaedam, quoddam

Answer 12

a certain_______, a sort of ______

Question 13

turpis, turpe

Answer 13

shameful, base; ugly, foul

Question 14

quidam, quaedam, quoddam

Answer 14

a certain, a sort of

can also be used as an adjectival modifier

Question 15

quam

Answer 15

(rather) than, as (in comparison)

Question 16

quoniam

Answer 16

since, seeing that

Question 17

comparative adjectives

Answer 17

-ior, -ius to the stem

Question 18

superlative adjectives

Answer 18

adding -issim- to the stem
exceptions: adjectives in -er by adding -rimus, a, um
four common adjectives in -lis form by adding -limus, a um

Question 19

declension of comparatives

Answer 19

using longus as an example
masc/fem               neut
longior               longius
longioris            longioris
longiori              longiori
longiorem          longius
longiore             longiore

longiores            longiora
longiorum           longiorum
longioribus          longioribus
longiores            longiora
longioribus         longioribus

Question 20

irregular comparis

Answer 20

bonus melior, us optimus, a um
magnus maior, maius maximus, a um
malus peior, peius pessimus, a um
multus plus, pluris plurimus, a um
parvus minor, minus minimus, a um
superus superior, superius summus, a um
supremus, a um