180 Comparatives and superlatives are often made by the adverbs μᾶλλον more and
μάλιστα most or ἧττον less and ἥκιστα least, with the positive: μᾶλλον φίλος,
more dear, dearer, μάλιστα φίλος, most dear, dearest,
ἧττον φίλος less dear.
Participles are compared only in this way.