[1468.] In exaggerated style, the superlative of eminence may be capped by a comparative: as, stultior stultissumō, Pl. Am. 907, a greater than the greatest fool. ego miserior sum quam tū, quae es miserrima, Fam. 14, 3, 1, I am myself more unhappy than you, who are a most unhappy woman.
[(B.) USE OF THE VERB.]
[VOICE.]
[The Active Voice.]
[1469.] In the active voice, the subject is represented as performing the action of the verb.
[1470.] By action is meant the operation of any verb, whether active or passive, and whether used intransitively or transitively.
[1471.] The active of one verb sometimes serves as the passive of another: thus, pereō, go to destruction, die, serves as the passive of perdō, destroy, and vēneō, go to sale, am sold, as the passive of vēndō, put for sale, sell. Similarly fīō, become, get to be, am made, is used in the present system as the passive of faciō, make ([788]).
[The Passive Voice.]
[1472.] In the passive voice, the subject is represented as acted upon.