Apparently Latin is one of the very few languages, all belonging to the Indo-European family, where adjectives can be graded by adding a prefix: not only to express a superlative like in prae-clarus ‘very famous’, but also to express something conceptually very close to the comparison of minority: sub-niger means ‘less than black, black to a lesser degree’.
Remarks on the graded forms with sub- in Latin
CUZZOLIN, Pierluigi
2005-01-01
Abstract
Apparently Latin is one of the very few languages, all belonging to the Indo-European family, where adjectives can be graded by adding a prefix: not only to express a superlative like in prae-clarus ‘very famous’, but also to express something conceptually very close to the comparison of minority: sub-niger means ‘less than black, black to a lesser degree’.File allegato/i alla scheda:
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