, among_ (interstate commerce)
/nam\, conj., _for_
/obses, obsidis\, m. and f., _hostage_
/paulo:\, adv. (abl. n. of /paulus\), _by a little, somewhat_

/incolo:, incolere, incolui:, --\, transitive, _inhabit_;
intransitive, _dwell_. Cf. /habito:\, /vi:vo:\
/relinquo:, relinquere, reli:qui:, relictus\, _leave, abandon_
(relinquish)
/statuo:, statuere, statui:, statu:tus\, _fix, decide_ (statute),
usually with infin.

_315._ The following adjectives are irregular in the formation of the
superlative and have no positive. Forms rarely used are in parentheses.

COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
citerior, _hither_ (citimus, _hithermost_)
interior, _inner_ (intimus, _inmost_)
prior, _former_ pri:mus, _first_
propior, _nearer_ proximus, _next, nearest_
ulterior, _further_ ultimus, _furthest_

_316._ In the sentence _Galba is a head taller than Sextus_, the phrase
_a head taller_ expresses the /measure of difference\ in height between
Galba and Sextus. The Latin form of expression would be _Galba is taller
than Sextus /by a head\_. This is clearly an ablative relation, and the
construction is called the /ablative of the measure of difference\.

EXAMPLES

Galba est altior capite quam Sextus
_Galba is a head taller_ (taller by a head) _than Sextus_.
Illud iter ad Italiam est multo brevius
_That route to Italy is much shorter_ (shorter by much)

_317._ RULE. Ablative of the Measure of Difference. _With comparatives
and words implying comparison the ablative is used to denote the measure
of difference._

_a._ Especially common in this construction are the neuter ablatives

eo:, _by this, by that_ nihilo:,[1] _by nothing_
ho:c, _by this_ paulo:, _by a little_
multo:, _by much_

[Footnote 1: /nihil\ was originally /nihilum\ and declined like
/pilum\. There is no plural.]

_318._ EXERCISES

First learn the special vocabulary, p. 297.

I. 1. Barbari proelium committere statuerunt eo magis quod Romani
infirmi esse videbantur. 2. Meum consilium est multo melius quam tuum
quia multo facilius est. 3. Haec via est multo latior quam illa.
4. Barbari erant nihilo tardiores quam Romani. 5. Tuus equus est paulo
celerior quam meus. 6. Ii qui paulo fortiores erant prohibuerunt
reliquos aditum relinquere. 7. Inter illas civitates Germania milites
habet optimos. 8. Propior via quae per hanc vallem ducit est inter