Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives

Maior pars Romae erat plena barbarorum.

• The greater part

• The smaller art

• The better part

• The lesser part

Maior pars Romae erat plena barbarorum.

• of Rome

• Roman

• of the Romans

• Rome

Maior pars Romae erat plena barbarorum.

• full of barbarians

• attacked by barbarians

• defeated by barbarians

• given to barbarians

Pessimus imperator erat Otho.

• the worst

• worse

• smallest

• less

Ancus Martius erat optimus rex Romae.

• best

• greatest

• worst

• smallest

Amicus est melior quam hostis.

• better

• worse

• less

• more

Amicus est melior quam hostis.

• than

• how

• as _______ as possible

• whom

Plus civibus dabatur quam barbaris.

• more

• less

• better

• best

Plus civibus dabatur quam barbaris.

• to the citizens

• with the citizens

• from the citizens

• by the citizens

Claudia erit maxima omnium puellarum in ludo.

• the greatest

• the worst

• the best

• the smallest