Grammatici Latini II, p. 100: Priscian, book 3 (De comparatione, de superlativo, de diminutivo)
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II 100,1 | illud quoque sciendum, quod omnia et comparatiua et superlatiua | ||||||
II 100,2 | duarum excedunt numerum syllabarum exceptis prior et primus et | ||||||
44b38 | e | 100,2 | 44a2 | book 3 | 543 | [ex]cedunt: [‘they are more than disyllabism’] [analysis] | |
II 100,3 | anomalis his: minor et maior et peior et plus. nec mirum, cum | ||||||
44b40 | f | 100,3 | 44a3 | book 3 | 4228 | nec (mirum): [‘that comparatives and superlatives should exceed the number of disyllabism’] [analysis] | |
II 100,4 | positiua quoque, ex quibus nascuntur, bisyllaba sint uel eo plus [per genetiuos] | ||||||
44b41 | g | 100,4 | 44b4 | book 3 | 3232 543 | eo: [‘i.e. or they are more than disyllabism’] [analysis] | |
45a1 | a | 100,4 | 45a1 | book 3 | 211 | per (genitivos): [‘that is, over genitives’] [analysis] | |
II 100,5 | et uel unam uel duas assumentia syllabas faciant supra dictos gradus: ditis | ||||||
45a2 | b | 100,5 | 45a2 | book 3 | 423 543 | assumentia: [‘positives over genitives’] [analysis] | |
45a2 | c | 100,5 | 45a3 | book 3 | 4221 | faciunt: [‘positives’] [analysis] | |
45a2 | d | 100,5 | 45a4 | book 3 | 3232 | supradictos: [‘comparatives and superlatives’] [analysis] | |
II 100,6 | ditior ditissimus, clari clarior clarissimus, nigri nigrior nigerrimus, | ||||||
II 100,7 | utilis utilior utilissimus, similis similior simillimus, infra inferior infimus. | ||||||
II 100,8 | superlatiuus uero comparatiuum est quando superat una syllaba, ut quando | ||||||
45a6 | e | 100,8 | 45a5 | book 3 | 211 3115 | comparativum: [‘the comparative’] [analysis] | |
II 100,9 | in simus finitur, iustior iustissimus, et quando in rimus, si positiui | ||||||
45a8 | f | 100,9 | book 3 | 4228 | et (quando): | ||
II 100,10 | nominatiuus et genetiuus pares habeant syllabas, ut taeter taetri taetrior | ||||||
II 100,11 | taeterrimus, acer acris acrior acerrimus; est quando par est, ut in | ||||||
45a11 | g | 100,11 | 45a6 | book 3 | 4228 | par: [‘i.e. the superlative to (the) comparative’] [analysis] | |
II 100,12 | limus terminans, agilior agillimus, facilior facillimus; est quando una | ||||||
II 100,13 | uincitur syllaba, ut quando in fimus uel timus uel remus desinit, ut | ||||||
45a13 | h | 100,13 | 45a7 | book 3 | 4221 | vincitur: [‘the superlative’] [analysis] | |
II 100,14 | inferior infimus, ulterior ultimus, exterior extremus uel extimus. | ||||||
II 100,15 | Varro in chorographia: | ||||||
II 100,16 | «ergo inter solis stationem et sidera septem / | ||||||
II 100,17 | exporrecta iacet tellus. huic extima fluctu / | ||||||
45a17 | 100,17 | book 3 | 4123 4111 | iacet: | |||
II 100,18 | Oceani, interior Neptuno cingitur ora». | ||||||
II 100,19 | Plautus in truculento: | ||||||