Robert Grosseteste

On Angels

Latin Grammar: Comparatives

Dixi spiritus malos et malorum animas et omnes animas dum sunt in corpore, ad motiones quorundam corporum poenaliter pati, et non dixi eas a corporibus pati: quia licet substantiae incorporeae possint agere in corpora, utpote nobiliora in minus nobilia, non tamen ut videatur e converso, corpora possunt agere in substantias incorporeas, quia ignobilius non potest agere in id quod nobilius est; substantia autem incorporea etiam in formis, quovis formato corpore nobilior est.

Comparatives

The author of the passage above is interested in certain things being more noble or more perfect than others and thus sets up these comparisons for his argument.

Review your comparative forms by filling out the chart below.

Singular

  Masc/Fem Neuter
Nom nobilior
Gen
Dat
Acc
Abl

 

Plural

  Masc/Fem Neuter
Nom
Gen
Dat
Acc
Abl

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