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125.
Adjectives in -er form the Superlative by adding -rimus to the nominative. The comparative is
regular: -
-
- ácer, keen; ácrior,
ácerrimus.
- miser, wretched; miserior, miserrimus.
a. So vetus (gen. veteris) has superlative veterrimus, from the old form veter; and mátúrus, besides its regular
superlative (mátúrissimus), has a rare form
mátúrrimus.
For the comparative of vetus,
vetustior (from vetustus)
is used.