Adjectives of the Third Declension


Adjectives of the Third Declension Vocabulary

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Group I Words
English Latin
better melior, -, (melius)
worse peior, -, (peius)
hard, difficult difficilis, -, difficile
immortal immortalis, -, immortale
chief princeps, -, (princepis)
useful utilis, -, utile
brief brevis, -, breve
keen, fierce acer, acris, acre
well-known, noble nobilis, -, nobile
slender, thin gracilis, -, gracile
mild lenis, -, lene
wise sapiens, -, (sapientis)
sweet, pleasant dulcis, -, dulce
higher superior, -, (superius)
fierce, ferox, -, (ferocis)



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