uerbia comparatiua, quae cum ‘magis27’ ipsum positiuum28 aduerbium significant29, ut ‘ulterius’ magis ultra…
Deriuantur igitur comparatiua a nominibus adiectiuis, quae sumuntur30 ex accidentibus31 substantiae nominum. Accidentia autem sunt, quae ex qualitate32 uel quantitate animi uel corporis uel extrinsecus forte euenientium trahuutur…
P. 39b
Fiunt autem comparatiua… a uerbis: ‘detero1 deteris deterior,’ ‘potior2 poteris {uel potiris}’ ‘hic3’ et ‘haec potior3a’ et ‘hoc potius potioris[1]’: possumus tamen hoc etiam a nomine ‘potis4’ accipere, quamuis significatio alia5 esse uideatur.
A participiis: ‘indulgens6 indulgentior’ … Sed quando comparantur participia7, transeunt in nominum significationem8.
Ab aduerbiis siue praepositionibus9, ut ‘extra exterior’… …localia sunt haec aduerbia siue praepositiones, ex quibus comparatiua nascuntnr nomina et paene haec10: ‘extra exterior’…uetustissimi tamen etiam ‘citer’ protulisse inueniuntur. Cato de agna pascenda11: citer ager12 alligatus13 ad sacra14 erit. ‘Exter’ quoque inuenitur, ut Statius in xi Thebaidos: :Sed quid apud tales, quis nec sua pignora curae, :Exter15 honos?
27: Com magis lasin posit nísin 28: asposit 29: .i. Sens magis ⁊ posit leiss issed bís isincomparait[2] hisin innadobreithre·· 30: forpersana 31: .i. huanaib tecmaiṅgthechaib 32: .i. inne maith ꝉ uilcc[3]
P. 36b
1: demecimm 2: .i. cumachtaigim quando uerbum cumachtach quando possitiuum 3: .i. ón bréthir asberr potior 3a: .i. cumachtchu · 4: .i. sainsamail[4] 5: sain 6: dilgadach 7: .i. itanmmann hisuidiu innaranngabala 8: is afoluth 9: huare ɔecat andéde 10: .i. ata ní archiunn .i. sunt 11: dindínit bed ṡástai 12: .i. atír centarach ꝉ immechtrach · 13: bidcuimrechta ꝉ tecail[5] ꝉ dígen 14: dodéib 15: echtrann
27. with magis along with this positive. 28. which is positive. 29. i.e. the sense of magis and with it the positive, that is what exists in that comparative of the adverb. 30. on persons. 31. i.e. from the accidentals. 32. i.e. the quality of good or of evil.
P. 36b
2. i.e. (it means) I make myself master, when it is a verb, and powerful when (it is an adjective in the) positive. 3. i.e. from the verb potior. 3a. i.e. more powerful. 7. i.e. here the participles are nouns. 8. into the signification. 9. because they can do the two things. 10. i.e. there is something ahead, i.e. here[6]. 11. of the lamb which is to be full-fed. 12. i.e. the country on this side or on the outside. 13. it will be tied or chosen forth or… 14. to gods.