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128.

Some adjectives are compared by means of the adverbs magis, more, and maximé, most.

So especially adjectives in -us preceded by e or i: -

NOTE: But pius has piissimus in the superlative, - a form condemned by Cicer[QUERY] but common in inscriptions; equally common, however, is the irregular pientissimus.