pro ‘prudentior9.’ …‘minus bonus’ pro ‘malus10.’ …quando ipse comparatiuus uel ad se uel ad alium comparatur11, ut ‘Achiles Aenea fortior magis12
P. 43a
quam iustior1,’ et ‘Aiax Vlixe fortior magis quam Diomede.’
Superlatiuum est, quod uel ad plures sui generis comparatum superponitur2 omnibus, uel per se prolatum3 intellectum habet cum ‘ualde’ aduerbio positiui…sin autem dicam ‘fortissimus Hercules fuit,’ non addens quorum4, intellego ‘ualde fortis.’
Et sciendum, quod ex hisdem formis sine terminationibus5 supra dictarum6 in comparatiuis partium orationis fiunt etiam superlatiua.
P. 44a
Cum ueter occubuit Priamus sub Marte1 Pelasgo.
…‘proximus,’ quod tamen pro cognato2 accipitur, positiui significationem habet ideoque a legislatoribus3 etiam comparatiue4 profertur…
…ἐσχατώτατος5.
P. 44b
…ab aduerbis sine praepositionibus uenientia desinunt haec ‘extra exterior extremus,’ ‘supra superior supremus’…. Ex quo1 apparet neque a ‘supero’ neque a ‘postero’ fieri comparatiuos uel superlatiuos…
…omnia et comparatiua et superlatiua duarum excedunt numerum syllabarum2, exceptis ‘prior’ et.… Nec mirum3, cum positiua[1] quo-
9: bed trebairiu 10: olcc 11: diróscaither 12: de sé insin
P. 43a
1: .i. arbáfirianu ænæas 2: doroscaither 3: cenachondelg ⁊ aderscugud dineuch acht[2] dofurcabar tríit fessin 4: ingenitin as quorum 5: ócachtharmmorcnib[3] ainmmdib ⁊ briathardaib ⁊ dobriathardaib[4] 6: .i. intan adcóidemmar dicomparit[5]
P. 44a
1: .i. fonchath 2: archobdelaich 3: o naib rechttáircidib 4: in comparitit[6] .i. comparit húad 5: comparit
P. 44b
1: iure .i. e · airdíxa hipeneuilt 2: it lia déṡillabchi 3: ciasingbat árim déṡillabche compariti ⁊ superlati
11. is distinguished. 12. this (is an example) de se.
P. 43a
1. i.e. for Aeneas was juster. 2. without its being compared and without its surpassing any (other), but it is brought forward through itself. 4. the genitive quorum. 5. from all endings, nominal and verbal and adverbial. 6. i.e. when we have spoken of the comparative.
P. 44a
1. i.e. under the battle. 3. by the legislators. 4. comparatively, i.e. a comparative (is derived) from it (i.e. from this superlative).
P. 44b
1. long e in the penult. 2. they are more than disyllabism. 3. that comparatives and superlatives should exceed the number of disyllabism.