formae nomina tamen haec quoque inter possessiuorum species posuimus. …‘pedester9’…
P. 39a
Comparatiuum est, quod cum possitiui intellectu1 uel cum aliquo2 participe3 sensu possitiui4 ‘magis’ aduerbium significat, ut ‘fortior’ magis fortis, ‘sapientior’ magis sapiens, ‘ulterior5’ 6magis ultra7 quam ille qui ultra est8, ‘interior9’ magis intra quam ille qui intus est. Hae autem comparationes10 quae ad personas11 uel res participes12 positiui fiunt, nascuntur a dictionibus carentibus casu13, id est a uerbis, ut ‘detero deteris deterior14,’ et ab aduerbiis siue praepositionibus, ut ‘extra exterior15,’ ‘intra interior16’ ‘ultra17 ulterior,’ ‘citra18 citerior19,’ ‘supra superior,’ ‘infra inferior’: nam ‘superus’ et ‘inferus,’ quamuis uideantur eorum, id est ‘superioris20’ et ‘inferioris21’ esse possitiua, tamen in usu ‘superi’ pro caelestibus22 siue uiuis23 ‘inferi’ autem pro manibus24 accipi solent. Adeo25 autem non ad ipsa aduerbia, sed ad personas uel res participes aduerbiorum26 huiuscemodi fiunt comparationes, quod nascuntur ex his ipsis ad-
9: pedes traigthech
P. 39a
1: .i. con intṡliucht posit ainmmdi 2: .i. sono · ɔalailiu fogoir[1] 3: ranngabáltaith ꝉ ranngabáldu 4: .i. sens posit ainmdi immurgu isindrainn rangabaldi 5: exemplum inso ara rangabalda asrubart 6: hire 7: .i. cian 8: cen magis friss 9: inmedónchu 10: inna comchutrummaichthiso 11: .i. dopersanaib beodaib[2] ithé sidi ɔṅdelggaddar dopersanaib 12: .i. do rétaib marbdaib són 13: nephdilledchaib 14: olcc 15: immechtrach 16: inmedónach 17: cian 18: centarach 19: centarchu 20: indí as superior 21: indí as inferior 22: dé nemdai són 23: nó dé bithbí ꝉ ité uiui · indóini bí 24: Ardéib iffirnn 25: inmar .i. ní ar indí nombetis cid inbiucc · asbeir sem inmár · acht isarindí nadbiat etir 26: .i. innaṅdobriathar[3] asanairberar cumaṅg ainmmde ⁊ huaṅgainetar comparaiti
P. 39a
1. i.e. with the signification of a nominal positive. 2. i.e. with some sound. 3. participator or participial. 4. i.e. (there is) however a meaning of a nominal positive in the participial part (of speech). 5. this is an example for the participial which he has mentioned. 8. without magis added to it. 10. these comparations. 11. i.e. to living persons: it is they who are compared to (other) persons. 12. i.e. to inanimate things. 13. indeclinables. 14. evil. 22. that is, heavenly gods. 23. or ever-living gods, or they are the vivi, the living human beings. 24. for gods of hell. 25. greatly, i.e. he says ‘greatly,’ not that they are even in small measure, but because they do not exist at all. 26. i.e. of the adverbs from which a nominal force is drawn, and from which comparatives are born.