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1084. Strengthened forms.—The comparative may be strengthened by ἔτι, πολλῷ, μακρῷ (1513), πολύ (1609), πολὺ ἔτι, etc. μᾶλλον is sometimes used with the comparative: ““αἰσχυντηροτέρω μᾶλλον τοῦ δέοντος” more bashful than they ought to be” P. G. 487b. So the correlative ὅσῳ, ὅσον: ““ὅσῳ μείζους εἰσὶ τὰ_ς ὄψεις, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ὀργῆς ἄξιοί εἰσι” the braver they are to appearances, the more they deserve our anger” L. 10.29.

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