Unit 3 d. irregular comparison of adjectives Flashcards
1
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irregular comparison of adjectives
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Wheelock ch. 27
2
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- Facillima saepe nōn sunt optima.
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- The easiest things often are not the best.
3
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- Difficilia saepe sunt maxima.
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- The difficult things are often the greatest.
4
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- Meliōra studia sunt difficiliōra.
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- The better pursuits are more (rather) difficult.
5
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- Pessimī auctōrēs librōs plūrimōs scrībunt.
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- The worst authors write very many books.
6
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- Hī librī peiōrēs sunt quam librī auctōrum meliōrum.
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- These books are worse than the books of better authors.
7
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- Puer minor maius dōnum accēpit.
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- The smaller boy received a larger gift.
8
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- Illa rēs pūblica minima maximās spēs habuit.
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- That very small republic had the greatest hopes.
9
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- Plūrēs virī crēdunt hoc bellum esse peius quam prīmum bellum.
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- More men believe that this war is worse than the first war.
10
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- Dux melior cum cōpiīs maiōribus veniet.
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- A better leader will come with greater forces.
11
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- Ācrēs ducēs ācriōrēs cōpiās ācerrimōrum hostium saepe laudābant.
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- Fierce leaders often used to praise the fiercer forces of the fiercest enemy.
12
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- Tyrannō pessimō expulsō, cīvēs ducem meliōrem et sapientiōrem quaesivērunt.
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- When the very evil tyrant had been banished, the citizens sought a better and a wiser leader.
13
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- Meliōrī ducī maius imperium et plūs pecūniae dedērunt.
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- They gave the better leader greater power and more money.
14
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- Cīvēs urbium minōrum nōn sunt meliōrēs quam eī urbium maximārum.
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- Citizens of the small smaller cities are not better than those of the largest cities.
15
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- Nōs nōn meliōrēs sumus quam plūrimī virī priōrum aetātum.
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- We are not better than very many men of former ages.
