9. Leges Lycurgi quam Solonis severiores sunt. 10. Quid dulcius est quam vera sapientia? 11. Quid morte tristius? quid vita dulcius? 12. Rex clarissima voce cives ad arma vocat. 13. Multa flumina Asiae latiora quam Europae sunt. 14. Pueri saepe dulcissimum vinum amant. 15. Rus saepe hieme tristissimum est.

(186.)

1. The enemy's ships are very long.
2. The oak is a very broad tree.
3. Aristophanes is a very witty poet.
4. Quintus is a very strict judge.

5. In summer the days are longer than in winter.
6. The enemy's swords are very sharp.

7. To many animals the life is very short.

8. Good men love true wisdom.

9. The sweet water is very welcome to the sailor.

10. Quintus has broader lands than Marcus.

11. Balbus is very wise, Marcus is wiser. 12. Julia is very sad to-day.

The superlatives in the following exercise should be translated without "very."

(187.)

1. Quintus omnium judicum severissimus est.
2. Omnium onerum senectus gravissimum est.
3. Mi Balbe carissime! te omnes culpant.
4. Balbus, vir clarissimus, civibus carus est.

5. Hostium fortissimi sunt Germani.

6. Rusticus panis dulcissimus est. 7. Mors rerum tristissima est.

8. Aristophanes poetarum facetissimus est. 9. Quid te, carissime frater, terret ?

10. Omnium puellarum Julia hodie tristissima est.

(188.)

1. Quintus is the bravest of all the soldiers. 2. Of all the boys Balbus is the saddest.

3. Your letters are very welcome to your father. 4. Demosthenes is the most celebrated of orators. 5. Your ship is the longest of all ships.

6. Quintus is the most faithful of my slaves.
7. True wisdom is the most delightful of things.
8. Life is a very uncertain thing.

SECTION 68.

THE SUPERLATIVE-(Continued).

1. Pulcher, beautiful; pulcherrimus, most beautiful. Adjectives in -er form the superlative by adding -rimus to the nominative.

2. A few Adjectives in is form the superlative by changing the is into -lĭmus.

Facilis, facillimus.
Difficilis, difficillimus.

Similis, simillimus.

Dissimilis, dissimillimus.

(189.)

1. Carmina Horatii pulcherrima sunt.

2. Hominibus pigerrimis labores molesti sunt.
3. Regina regi moribus similis est.

4. Quintus fratris 1 simillimus est.

5. Acerrimi sunt multorum avium oculi. 6. Litus saluberrimum ab omnibus laudatur. 7. Aulus omnium longe pauperrimus est. 8. Julia difficillimam libri partem legit. 9. Mores fratris et sororis dissimillimi sunt. 10. Urbes maritimae saluberrimae sunt.

11. Versus Quinto facillimi, Marco difficillimi, sunt. 12. Multae res pueris obscurae et difficillimae sunt. 13. Omnium sororum Julia longe pulcherrima est. 14. Colores florum varii et dissimillimi sunt. 15. Mei labores difficillimi, tui facillimi, sunt.

(190.)

1. The life of men is often very unhappy.

2. My house is the healthiest.

3. Julia is the most beautiful of all the girls.

4. Quintus is like to his sister.

5. Julia is very like to her brother.

6. The young man is reading very difficult books.
7. The thing, my dearest brother, is very easy.
8. Marcus is very unlike to Quintus.

1 Similis takes either the genitive or dative after it. [Filius patris similis est, the son is the image of his father; filius patri similis est, the son is like his father.]

9. The pirates' ships are by far the quickest. 10. The very beautiful ship charms the citizens. 11. Quintus, a very poor man, despises money. 12. The boys are very sad to-day.

(191.)

1. Hiems anni gelidissimum tempus est.
2. Domus Quinti longe pulcherrima est.
3. Dissimillimi puerorum mores sunt.

4. Quintus pecuniam utilissimam rem vocat.
5. Ventus ingentes fluctus in litus semper agit.
6. Colores frondium autumno pulcherrimi sunt.
7. Sapientibus nihil honestate carius est.

8. Socrates omnium hominum longe sapientissimus

est.

9. Julia sorore multo pulchrior est.

10. Vita hominibus brevissima est, multis animalibus

brevior.

11. Labienus de omnibus rebus Caesarem cotidie certiorem facit.

12. Quintus mortis causa fratris nunquam domo exit. 13. Plebi Romanae omnes labores molestissimi sunt. 14. Caesar summa celeritate in fines hostium iter facit. 15. Marcus veram sapientiam rem dulcissimam vocat.

(192.)

1. Life is an uncertain thing.

2. What is more difficult than virtue ?

3. Quintus calls old age a very heavy burden.

4. The woods of the Germans are by far the densest. 5. Sailors are often more daring than soldiers. 6. Quintus inhabits a very healthy city.

7. The Romans make a very firm treaty.

8. The reward is more welcome to Marcus than to

Balbus.

9. Frequent marches make the army more healthy. 10. War is a very sad thing, peace a very sweet thing.

Bonus, good; melior, better; optimus, best.
Malus, bad; pejor, worse; pessimus, worst.

(193.)

1. Mores Marci quam Balbi meliores sunt.
2. Sapientissimi homines semper optimi sunt.
3. Nihil malo vino pejus, nihil bono melius est.
4. Fures nocturni omnium pessimi sunt.
5. Virtus et sapientia res optimae sunt.
6. Athenae (Athens) Roma salubriores sunt.
7. Virtus et sapientia res optimae sunt.

8. Quid pace melius? quid bello tristius?

9. Balbus Caesarem de adventu meo facit certiorem.

10. Tempora nostra quam antiqua meliora sunt.