Practise Translation: Ulysses and Polyphemus (Part 1)

Latin

Is the following word a positive, a comparative or a superlative: happy?

Is the following word a positive, a comparative or a superlative: happier?

Is the following word a positive, a comparative or a superlative: happiest?

Is the following Latin word a positive, a comparative or a superlative: fortior?

Is the following Latin word a positive, a comparative or a superlative: fortis?

Is the following Latin word a positive, a comparative or a superlative: iratissimus?

Is the following Latin word a positive, a comparative or a superlative: crudelissimus?

Is the following Latin word a positive, a comparative or a superlative: ingentior?

Give the SUPERLATIVE form of crudelis and the English translation of the superlative form.

Give the COMPARATIVE form of callidus and the English translation of the comparative form.

At the end of the story, in what TWO ways did Ulysses trick Polyphemus?

1. Which THREE of these adjectives are comparative in English.

2. Which THREE of these adjectives are superlative in English.

3. Which of these Latin adjectives are comparative?

4. What does the following phrase mean: canis celerior?

5. What does the following phrase mean: regina iratissima?

6. What is the Latin for 'the newer gift'?