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Comparison of Adverbs.—In adverbs derived from adjectives the comparative is the same as the neuter singular of the comparative of the adjective; the superlative is the same as the neuter plural of the superlative adjective.
a. Adverbs of place ending in
ω, and some others, retain
ω in the comparative and superlative.
b. ἐγγύς near has
ἐγγύτερον (
-τέρω),
ἐγγυτάτω (
-τατα rare).
πρῴ early has
πρωϊαίτερον, πρωϊαίτατα.
c. There are some forms in
-ως from comparatives:
ἀσφαλεστέρως (
ἀσφαλέστερον)
more securely,
βελτι_όνως (
βέλτι_ον)
better. Superlatives in
-ον are usually poetic; as
μέγιστον.