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  pulchrius; 
  simplex, 
  genitive 
  simplic-is, 
  simplicior, 
  simplicius; 
  laevis, 
  

   genitive 
  laev-is, 
  laevior, 
  laevius. 
  

  

  The 
  Latin 
  superlative 
  is 
  formed 
  "by 
  adding 
  "issimus" 
  for 
  the 
  mas- 
  

   culine, 
  "issima" 
  for 
  the 
  feminine, 
  "issimum" 
  for 
  the 
  neuter, 
  to 
  the 
  

   stem 
  of 
  the 
  genitive 
  singular: 
  longus, 
  genitive 
  long-i, 
  superlative 
  

   longissimus, 
  longissima, 
  longissimum; 
  simplex, 
  genitive 
  simplic-is, 
  

   simplicissimus, 
  simplicissima, 
  simplicissimiim; 
  elegans, 
  genitive 
  ele- 
  

   gant-is, 
  elegantissimus, 
  elegantissima, 
  elegant 
  issimum; 
  hrevis, 
  geniti- 
  

   ve 
  hrev-is, 
  hrevissimus, 
  hrevissima, 
  hrevissimum. 
  Adjectives 
  in 
  "er", 
  

   however, 
  form 
  their 
  superlative 
  by 
  appending 
  "rimus, 
  rima, 
  rimum" 
  to 
  

   the 
  masculine 
  nominative: 
  pulcher, 
  superlative 
  pulcherrimus 
  (masculine,] 
  

   pulcherrima 
  (feminine), 
  pulcherriraum 
  (neuter). 
  In 
  six 
  adjectives 
  in 
  

   "ilis" 
  the 
  superlative 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  dropping 
  the 
  ending 
  "is" 
  and 
  adding 
  

   "liinus, 
  lima, 
  limxam" 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  facilis, 
  difficilis, 
  similis, 
  dissimilis 
  

   gracilis, 
  humilis: 
  gracillimus, 
  gracillima, 
  gracillimum. 
  But 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  adjectives: 
  amabilis, 
  debilis, 
  exilis, 
  fertilis, 
  fragilis, 
  igno- 
  

   j 
  bills, 
  nobilis, 
  mobilis, 
  utilis, 
  have 
  the 
  regular 
  superlative 
  in 
  "issi- 
  

   mus, 
  issima, 
  issimum": 
  nobilissimus, 
  nobilissinB,, 
  nobilissimum. 
  The 
  su- 
  

   perlative 
  of 
  "agilis" 
  is 
  either 
  agilissimus 
  or 
  agillimus. 
  The 
  superla- 
  

   tive 
  termination 
  is 
  lacking 
  in 
  many 
  adjectives 
  in 
  "ilis", 
  for 
  instance 
  

   in 
  disparilis, 
  mirabilis, 
  saxatilis, 
  textilis, 
  senilis, 
  variabilis. 
  

  

  Some 
  adjectives 
  have 
  irregular 
  comparatives 
  and 
  superlatives. 
  Par- 
  

   vus 
  becomes 
  minor 
  (masculine 
  and 
  feminine), 
  minus 
  (neuter) 
  in 
  the 
  compa- 
  

   rative, 
  minimus, 
  minima, 
  minimum 
  in 
  the 
  superlative, 
  Magnus 
  is 
  major 
  

   (masculine 
  and 
  feminine), 
  majus 
  (neuter) 
  in 
  the 
  comparative, 
  maximus, 
  

   maxima, 
  maximum 
  in 
  the 
  superlative. 
  The 
  adverb 
  "prope", 
  near, 
  has 
  giver 
  

   the 
  comparative 
  adjective 
  propior 
  (masculine 
  and 
  feminine), 
  propius 
  

   (neuter), 
  and 
  the 
  superlative 
  proximus, 
  proxima, 
  proximum. 
  Acteon 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  masculine, 
  propior 
  is 
  the 
  correct 
  adjective 
  to 
  use 
  with 
  this 
  noun, 
  

   not 
  the 
  neuter 
  propius. 
  

  

  Many 
  Latin 
  adjectives 
  do 
  not 
  admit 
  terminational 
  comparison. 
  Good 
  

   Latin 
  dictionaries 
  always 
  give 
  the 
  comparative 
  and 
  superlative, 
  if 
  any 
  

   iirmiediately 
  after 
  the 
  positive. 
  

  

  Sometimes 
  the 
  Greek 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  comparative 
  and 
  superlative 
  is 
  u- 
  

   sed 
  by 
  conchologists. 
  Most 
  Greek 
  adjectives 
  add 
  "teros, 
  tera, 
  teron;' 
  

   (which 
  become 
  in 
  Latin 
  "terus, 
  tera, 
  terum") 
  to 
  the 
  stem 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  

   comparative, 
  and 
  "tatos, 
  tate, 
  taton" 
  (in 
  Latin 
  "tatus, 
  tata, 
  tatum") 
  

   to 
  form 
  the 
  superlative. 
  The 
  stem 
  of 
  the 
  Greek 
  adjectives 
  used 
  in 
  Con- 
  

   cho 
  logy 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  neuter: 
  amblys, 
  neuter 
  ambly, 
  comparative 
  ] 
  

   amblytera 
  in 
  the 
  feminine: 
  Clathrodrillia 
  amblytera; 
  oxys, 
  neuter 
  oxy, 
  | 
  

   superlative 
  in 
  the 
  feminine 
  oxy 
  tata: 
  Mangelia 
  oxy 
  tata. 
  The 
  comparative 
  

   meion 
  of 
  micros, 
  small, 
  has 
  become 
  in 
  the 
  Latin 
  transcription 
  for 
  con- 
  

   chologists 
  "mionus, 
  miona": 
  Margarites 
  mionus, 
  Turbonilla 
  miona. 
  

  

  Compound 
  specific 
  names 
  whose 
  last 
  component 
  is 
  a 
  noun 
  which 
  has 
  

   kept 
  its 
  Greek 
  or 
  Latin 
  ending 
  or, 
  at 
  least, 
  its 
  Latin 
  equivalent, 
  

   should 
  be 
  invariable 
  for 
  the 
  three 
  genders. 
  Such 
  are 
  pi 
  anorbis,leucocy- 
  

   ma, 
  filogyrus, 
  nigrolabra, 
  versicolor, 
  particolor, 
  tenoceras, 
  calli- 
  

   morpha: 
  Uassarius 
  nigrolabra. 
  A 
  noun 
  used 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  specific 
  ad- 
  

   jective 
  also 
  remains 
  unchanged: 
  Yoldia 
  iris, 
  Pteria 
  colymbus, 
  Teinosto- 
  

   ma 
  lerema. 
  In 
  some 
  cases 
  the 
  generic 
  and 
  specific 
  names 
  seem 
  to 
  clash? 
  

   but 
  nevertheless 
  they 
  are 
  correctly 
  used. 
  It 
  is 
  perfectly 
  legitimate 
  tc 
  

   couple 
  together 
  Thais 
  lapillus, 
  Dentalium 
  carduus, 
  Cadulus 
  cucurbita, 
  

   Liostraca 
  fusus, 
  Crucibulum 
  auricula, 
  Morum 
  oniscus, 
  Dosinia 
  discus, 
  

   Solemya 
  velum. 
  

  

  