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a long time diūtius diūtissimē bene (bonus), well melius, better optimē, best male (malus), ill peius, worse pessimē, worst magnopere, greatly magis, more maximē, most multum (multus), much plūs, more plūrimum, most parum, little minus, less minimē, least saepe, often saepīus saepissimē «478.» NUMERALS

The cardinal numerals are indeclinable excepting «ūnus», «duo», «trēs», the hundreds above one hundred, and «mīlle» used as a noun. The ordinals are declined like «bonus, -a, -um».

CARDINALS ORDINALS (How many) (In what order) 1, ūnus, -a, -um, one prīmus, -a, -um first 2, duo, duae, duo two secundus (or alter) second 3, trēs, tria three, tertius third, 4, quattuor etc. quārtus etc. 5, quīnque quīntus 6, sex sextus 7, septem septimus 8, octō octāvus 9, novem nōnus 10, decem decimus 11, ūndecim ūndecimus 12, duodecim duodecimus 13, tredecim (decem (et) trēs) tertius decimus 14, quattuordecim quārtus decimus 15, quīndecim quīntus decimus 16, sēdecim sextus decimus 17, septendecim septimus decimus 18, duodēvīgintī (octōdecim) duodēvīcēnsimus 19, ūndēvīgintī (novendecim) ūndēvīcēnsimus 20, vīgintī vīcēnsimus 21, {vīgintī ūnus or {vīcēnsimus prīmus or {ūnus et vīgintī, etc. {ūnus et vīcēnsimus, etc. 30, trīgintā trīcēnsimus 40, quadrāgintā quadrāgēnsimus 50, quīnquāgintā quīnquāgēnsimus 60, sexāgintā sexāgēnsimus 70, septuāgintā septuāgēnsimus 80, octōgintā octōgēnsimus 90, nōnāgintā nōnāgēnsimus 100, centum centēnsimus 101, centum (et) ūnus, etc. centēnsimus (et) prīmus, etc. 120, centum (et) vīgintī centēnsimus vīcēnsimus 121, centum (et) vīgintī ūnus, centēnsimus (et) vīcēnsimus prīmus, etc. etc. 200, ducentī, -ae, -a ducentēnsimus 300, trecentī trecentēnsimus 400, quadringentī quadringentēnsimus 500, quīngentī quīngentēnsimus 600, sescentī sescentēnsimus 700, septingentī septingentēnsimus 800, octingentī octingentēnsimus 900, nōngentī nōngentēnsimus 1000, mīlle mīllēnsimus

«479.» Declension of «duo», two, «trēs», three, and «mīlle», a thousand.

MASC. FEM. NEUT. M. AND F. NEUT. SING. PLUR. N. duo duae duo trēs trīa mīlle mīlia G. duōrum duārum duōrum trium trium mīlle mīlium D. duōbus duābus duōbus tribus tribus mīlle mīlibus A. duōs duās duo trīs tria mīlle mīlia or duo duās duo or trēs tria A. duōbus duābus duōbus tribus tribus mīlle mīlibus

NOTE. «Mīlle» is used in the plural as a noun with a modifying genitive, and is occasionally so used in the nominative and accusative singular. For the declension of «ūnus» cf. §470.

PRONOUNS «480.» PERSONAL

          ego, I tū, you suī, of himself,
                                                           etc.
          SING. PLUR. SING. PLUR. SING. PLUR.
  Nom. ego nōs tū vōs —— ——
  Gen. meī nostrum, -trī tuī vestrum, -trī suī suī
  Dat. mihi nōbīs tibi vōbīs sibi sibi
  Acc. mē nōs tē vōs sē, sēsē sē, sēsē
  Abl. mē nōbīs tē vōbīs sē, sēsē sē, sēsē

Note that «suī» is always reflexive.

«481.» DEMONSTRATIVE

Demonstratives belong to the first and second declensions, but have the pronominal endings «-ī̆us» and «-ī» in the gen. and dat. sing.

«ipse», self

SINGULAR PLURAL MASC. FEM. NEUT. MASC. FEM. NEUT. Nom. ipse ipsa ipsum ipsī ipsae ipsa Gen. ipsī´us ipsī´us ipsī´us ipsōrum ipsārum ipsōrum Dat. ipsī ipsī ipsī ipsīs ipsīs ipsīs Acc. ipsum ipsam ipsum ipsōs ipsās ipsa Abl. ipsō ipsā