Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, chapter 125

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[*] 125. Adjectives in -er form the Superlative by adding -rimus to the nominative. The comparative is regular:—

ācer, keen; ācrior, ācerrimus.
miser, wretched; miserior, miserrimus.

[*] a. So vetus (gen. veteris ) has superlative veterrimus , from the old form veter; and mātūrus , besides its regular superlative ( mātūrissimus ), has a rare form mātūrrimus.

For the comparative of vetus , vetustior (from vetustus ) is used.

Ginn and Company, 1903.

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