Comparison%20of%20Adjectives

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Unit 17

• Comparison of Adjectives

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Comparison of Adjectives

• So far you have seen adjectives in their simple
  state.
• Adjectives have three possible states.
• Positive clear
• Comparative clearer, rather clear
• Superlative clearest, very clear

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Comparison of Adjectives

• Greek adjectives express comparative and
  superlative degrees by adding suffixes to the
  positive degree form.
• -te???, te?a, -te???
• -tat??, -tat?, -tat??
• -???, ???
• -?st??, ?st?, ?st??

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Comparison of Adjectives

• -te???, te?a, -te???
• -tat??, -tat?, -tat??
• If the stem (masc. nom. sing. w/o the -??
  ending) ends in a short syllable, add an -? and
  the comp./super. endings.

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Comparison of Adjectives

• s?f??
• s?f-
• s?f?te???
• s?f?tat??

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Comparison of Adjectives

• -te???, te?a, -te???
• -tat??, -tat?, -tat??
• If the stem (masc. nom. sing. w/o the -??
  ending) 1) ends in a long syllable or 2) a short
  syllable followed by ?, ?, or ? add an -o and the
  comp./super. endings.

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Comparison of Adjectives

• d??a???
• d??a?-
• d??a??te???
• d??a??tat??

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Comparison of Adjectives

• Third declension adjectives will usually take
  endings of the type
• -este???
• -estat??
• saf??
• saf?ste???
• saf?stat??

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Comparison of Adjectives
?f??? ?f????ste??? ?f????stat??
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Comparison of Adjectives

• -???, ???
• -?st??, ?st?, ?st??
• Adjectives which take these endings must be
  learned individually.
• The stems are made differently for each
  adjective.

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Comparison of Adjectives

• a?s????
• a?s?-
• a?s????
• a?s??st??
• ?a???
• ?a??-
• ?a?????
• ?????st??

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e?µ? Present System
Indicative
Subjunctive
Optative

• e?µ?
• e?
• e?s?(?)
• ?µe?
• ?te
• ?as?(?)

?? ??? ?? ??µe? ??te ??s?(?)
???µ? / ????? ???? ??? ???µe? ???te ???e?
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e?µ? Present System
Imperfect
Imperative
Infinitive
?? ??t?? ??t? ??ta ??te? ??t?? ??s? ??ta?
?a / ?e?? ?e?s?a / ?e?? ?e?? / ?e? ?µe? ?te ?sa?
/ ?esa?
??sa ??s?? (??sa?) ??s? (??s?) ??sa? ??sa? ??s??
??sa?? ??sa?
??? ?t? ?te ???t??
???a?
Participle
???, ???sa, ???