Scanlon's Latin Grammar - Essan.org

LATIN GRAMMAR
Positive Comparative Superlative
bonus, good melior, better optimus, best
malus, bad pejor, worse pessimus, worst
magnus, great major, greater maximus, greatest
parvus, small minor, smaller m.inimus, smallest
bene, well melius, better optime, best
male, badly pejus, worse pessime, worst
magnopere, greatly magis, more maxime, most
multum, much plus, more plurimum, most
parum, little minus, less minime, least
47. Velle, to wish, to be tvilling; nolle, to be untvilling. These
partly irregular verbs double the 1 only in the infinitive and in the
imperfect subj unctive. Elsewhere they have but one 1. The present
indicative only presents special difficulty.
Present Indicative
(velIe, to wish 1 to be wi/ling) (nolle, to be unwilling)
volo v6lumus nolo nolumus
vis vultis non vis non vultis
vult volunt non vult nolunt
The imperative of nolle is often used \vith an infinitive to express
a command: Noli dicere, Do not say.
See Appendix for the remaining tenses.
48. Uses of the ablative.
a) Ablative absolute.
Mandatis regis acceptis, ad civi­
tatem rediverunt.
W hen they had received the
king's com1nands they returned
to the city.
b) Accompaniment with cum.
Pueri cum patre suo ad eccle­
siam ierunt.
T he boys went to church with
their father.