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127.
Compounds in -dicus (saying) and -volus (willing) take in their
comparison the forms of the corresponding participles dícéns and voléns, which were anciently used as
adjectives: -
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- maledicus, slanderous; maledícentior, maledícentissimus.
- malevolus, spiteful; malevolentior,
malevolentissimus.
a. So, by analogy, compounds in -ficus: -
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- mágnificus, grand; mágnificentior, mágnificentissimus.