Comparative and Superlative Adverbs

36.8 Greek adverbs, like adjectives, also have DEGREES:

• The POSITIVE degree: wisely
• The COMPARATIVE degree: more wisely
• The SUPERLATIVE degree: most wisely

Recall that to form the positive degree of most adverbs, start with the GENITIVE PLURAL of the MASCULINE ADJECTIVE and substitute –ς for the final –ν (S 343, G 229). The ACCENT remains as it was on the genitive plural.

For example:
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36.10 In Greek, adverbs do not have unique endings in the comparative and superlative degrees. To form a COMPARATIVE ADVERB, Greek uses the NEUTER ACCUSATIVE SINGULAR form of the COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVE:

• σοφώτερον more wisely
• βέλτιον better

To form a SUPERLATIVE ADVERB, Greek uses the NEUTER ACCUSATIVE PLURAL form of the SUPERLATIVE ADJECTIVE:

• σοφώτατα most wisely
• τάχιστα most swiftly, quickest