Latin adjectives

The comparison of seven Latin adjectives. A regular adjective forms its comparative with -ior and its superlative with -issimus on its stem, longus, longior, longissimus. The suppletive adjectives show the two other root patterns Bobaljik finds, one root for both grades in parvus, minor, minimus and three roots in bonus, melior, optimus. Suppletion is the replacement of one root by another, so magnus, maior, maximus, which keeps its root, is irregular and not suppletive. The entries record no scalar dimension.

Implementation notes

An irregular or suppletive grade is entered unanalysed, as one root.

References

• [Bob12]

Grade

def Latin.Adjectives.ior : Morphology.Morph

The suffix of the comparative.

Equations

• Latin.Adjectives.ior = Morphology.Morph.suff "ior"

def Latin.Adjectives.issimus : Morphology.Morph

The suffix of the superlative.

Equations

• Latin.Adjectives.issimus = Morphology.Morph.suff "issimus"

def Latin.Adjectives.regular (stem : String) : Adjective.Comparison

The regular comparison of an adjective with the stem stem.

Equations

• Latin.Adjectives.regular stem = { comparative := [Morphology.Morph.root stem, Latin.Adjectives.ior], superlative := [Morphology.Morph.root stem, Latin.Adjectives.issimus] }

Regular adjectives

def Latin.Adjectives.longus : Adjective

longus, longior, longissimus 'long'.

Equations

• Latin.Adjectives.longus = { form := "longus", comparison := Latin.Adjectives.regular "long" }

def Latin.Adjectives.altus : Adjective

altus, altior, altissimus 'tall, high, deep'.

Equations

• Latin.Adjectives.altus = { form := "altus", comparison := Latin.Adjectives.regular "alt" }

def Latin.Adjectives.fortis : Adjective

fortis, fortior, fortissimus 'brave, strong'.

Equations

• Latin.Adjectives.fortis = { form := "fortis", comparison := Latin.Adjectives.regular "fort" }

Irregular and suppletive adjectives

def Latin.Adjectives.bonus : Adjective

bonus, melior, optimus 'good' has three roots, the pattern ABC.

Equations

• Latin.Adjectives.bonus = { form := "bonus", comparison := { comparative := [Morphology.Morph.root "melior"], superlative := [Morphology.Morph.root "optimus"] } }

def Latin.Adjectives.malus : Adjective

malus, peior, pessimus 'bad' has one suppletive root, pēj- or pe-, in both grades ([Bob12] Table 4.1), the pattern ABB.

Equations

• Latin.Adjectives.malus = { form := "malus", comparison := { comparative := [Morphology.Morph.root "peior"], superlative := [Morphology.Morph.root "pessimus"] } }

def Latin.Adjectives.magnus : Adjective

magnus, maior, maximus 'great' is irregular and not suppletive, mag-, mai- and max- being one root; the triple is absent from [Bob12]'s Table 4.1.

Equations

• Latin.Adjectives.magnus = { form := "magnus", comparison := { comparative := [Morphology.Morph.root "maior"], superlative := [Morphology.Morph.root "maximus"] } }

def Latin.Adjectives.parvus : Adjective

parvus, minor, minimus 'small' has the suppletive root min- in both grades, the pattern ABB.

Equations

• Latin.Adjectives.parvus = { form := "parvus", comparison := { comparative := [Morphology.Morph.root "minor"], superlative := [Morphology.Morph.root "minimus"] } }

Inventory

def Latin.Adjectives.allEntries : List Adjective

Every entry of the fragment.

Equations

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