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rmed. 3. Not even at Pompeii did I see so great a fire. 4. I myself was eager to tell something to some one. 5. Each one was praising his own work. 6. Did you see some one in the country? I did not see any one. 7. Unless some one will remain on the bridge with Horatius, the commonwealth will be in the greatest danger. [Footnote 1: Observe that /qui:dam\ and /quidem\ are different words.] _299._ HOW HORATIUS HELD THE BRIDGE (_Concluded_) Mox, ubi parva pars pontis mansit, Horatius iussit comites discedere et solus mira constantia impetum illius totius exercitus sustinebat. Denique magno fragore pons in flumen decidit. Tum vero Horatius tergum vertit et armatus in aquas desiluit. In eum hostes multa tela iecerunt; incolumis autem per fiuctus ad alteram ripam tranavit. Ei propter tantas res gestas populus Romanus non solum alia magna praemia dedit sed etiam statuam Horati in loco publico posuit. * * * * * Sixth Review, Lessons XLV-LII, Secs. 521-523 * * * * * LESSON LIII REGULAR COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES [Special Vocabulary] /aquila, -ae\, f., _eagle_ (aquiline) /auda:x\, gen. /auda:cis\, adj., _bold, audacious_ /celer, celeris, celere\, _swift, quick_ (celerity). Cf. /ve:lo:x\ /explo:rato:r, -o:ris\, m., _scout, spy_ (explorer) /inge:ns\, gen. /ingentis\, adj., _huge, vast_ /medius, -a., -um\, _middle, middle part of_ (medium) /me:ns, mentis (-ium)\, f., _mind_ (mental). Cf. /animus\ /opportu:nus, -a, -um\, _opportune_ /quam\, adv., _than_. With the superlative /quam\ gives the force of _as possible_, as /quam auda:cissimi: viri:\, _men as bold as possible_ /recens\, gen. /recentis\, adj., _recent_ /tam\, adv., _so_. Always with an adjective or adverb, while /ita\ is generally used with a verb /quaero:, quaerere, quaesi:vi:, quaesi:tus\, _ask, inquire, seek_ (question). Cf. /peto:\ _300._ The quality denoted by an adjective may exist in either a higher or a lower degree, and this is expressed by a form of inflection called comparison. The mere presence of the quality is expressed by the positive degree, its presence in a higher or lower degree by the comparative, and in the highest or lowest of all by the superlative. In English the usual way of comparing an adjective is by using the suffix _-er_ for the comparative and _-est_ for the superlative; as, positive _high_, comparativ
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