There are three degrees of Adjectives in Latin:
Positive,
Comparitive, and
Superlative.
For Example:
Positive - Good, Bad, Indifferent
Comparative - Better, Worse, more Indifferent
Superlative - Best, Worst, most Indifferent
Adjectives are almost always in one of the first three declensions, and those in the first two are formed the same way:
- To form the positive, take the base (the word without the ending given), and add the endings corresponding to it's declension (for example, first declension adjectives would add -us for masculine, -a for feminine, or -um for neuter.)
- To form the comparitive, take the base and add -ior for masculine or feminine, or add -ius for neuter
- To form the superlative, take the base and add -issimus for masculine, -issima for feminine, and -issimum for neuter.
For Example:
mas fem neu
pos altus alta altum (high)
com altior altior altium (higher)
sup altissimus altissima altissimum (highest)
pos fortis fortis forte (strong}
com fortior fortior fortium (stronger)
sup fortissimus fortissima fortissimum (strongest)