Adjectives in ας, αινα, αν, and in ης, ες, add the τερος and τατος to the neuter, as—
| μέλας, | black, | μελάντερος, | -τατος. |
| ἀληθής, | true, | ἀληθέστερος, | -τατος. |
| ἀκριβής, | accurate, | ἀκριβέστερος, | -τατος; |
a termination which is assumed also by adjectives in ων, as εὐδαίμων, happy, εὐδαιμονέστερος,-τατος.
Some adjectives are compared by ιων,-ον, and ιστος,-η,-ον, as—
| καλός, | beautiful; |
| καλλίων, | more beautiful; |
| κάλλιστος, | very beautiful. |
| ἡδύς, | sweet, ἡδίων, ἥδιστος. |
| ταχύς, | swift; |
| θάσσων for ταχίων, | swifter; |
| and τάχιστος, | very swift. |
This form belongs also to some common irregular comparisons as—
| ἀγαθός, βελτίων, βέλτιστος, | good, | better, | best. |
| μέγας, | great, | μείζων, | μέγιστος. |
| κακός, | bad, | χείρων, | κάκιστος. |
| πολύς, | many, | πλείων, | πλεῖστος; |
which follow in declension the law of the substantives of the same type, as μείζων, μείζονος; πλείων,-ονος, plural πλείονες, contracted πλείους.
Comparatives are either accompanied with a genitive or followed by ἤ—as
ὁ υἱὸς μείζων ἐστὶ τοῦ πατρός, the son is taller than the father