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Non-Biblical Glosses and Scholia.

uidetur esse compara­tiuum⁶ ‘multi⁷,’ sed singu­laris nomina­tiuus non inuenitur nisi neutri generis⁸, pluralis uero etiam communis, ut ‘hi’ et ‘hae’ plures⁹…^9a

…‘hic acer¹⁰ haec acris hoc acre’…

P. 41b

Et sciendum quod omnia in ‘or’ desinentia^[1] comparatiua communis generis sunt et mutantia ‘or’ in ‘us’ faciunt neutrum, excepto uno, quod solum¹ cum sit a positiuo² quantum ad suam uocem fixo^[2], seruauit huius genus³, ‘hic senex, huic seni, hic senior.’

A ‘sepe’ aduerbio⁴ possitiuum uel comparatiuum nomen nec {uel non} legi … super­latiuum posuit Cato nepos^[3] dicens: in mentem uobis ueniat, Quirites⁵, … propter foenus⁶ sepis­simam dis­cordiam fuisse.’

‘Prior’ et ‘primus’ quaeritur an sit comparatiuus et superlatiuus, et dicunt quidam, quod, cum ordinis sint, diffe­rentiam numeri signi­ficant⁷: sicut enim ‘alter⁸’ de duobus⁹ et ‘alius’ de multis dicitur sic ‘prior’ de duobus et ‘primus’ de multis dici solet. Inuenitur¹⁰ tamen sepe ‘prior’ pro ‘melior¹¹’ positum … et ‘primus’ pro ‘optimus’ … Virgilius in VIIII^[4]:

primos iuuenum tot miserit Orco¹²,

6: .i. as comparit   7: ꝉ comparit indí as multus secundum alios ⁊ is firson dano airsisiu infae^[5] thucad híc ·   8: acht comparit neutair nammá inóthud   9: lia   9a: archiunn^[6]   10: tichair lainn

P. 41b

1: ol sodain óin   2: diaposit   3: huare astuidmide inposit cenḟodail ceineuil isairi ní techta nisi unum genus   4: .i. posit ainmde do denom di sepe ut extra reliqua   5: arómanu   6: arluach   7: .i. dechor nuird in arim filindib ⁊ it anmmann uirdd foṡodain   8: cosmai­lius ⁊ analach   9: alter ainm dobinair · issí^[7] chetne aram saini­gedar fri hunáir · ·   10: .i. cesu dechor nuirdd in áram fil indib   11: .i. itanmmann inne hisuidiu ⁊ ɔṅdelgatar   12: dodia iffirnn

7. or a comparative of multus according to others, and this is true, then, the…………has been brought here.   8. but only the neuter compar­ative in the singular.

P. 41b

1. which alone.   2. from its positive.   3. since the positive is fixed without partition of gender (senex), therefore it (the compar­ative) has only one gender.   4. i.e. that a nominal positive should be made of saepe as of extra etc.   5. O Romans.   7. i.e. it is distinc­tion of order in number that is in them and according­ly they are nouns of order.   8. simi­larity and analogy.   9. alter is a name for duality: it is the first number that varies from unity.   10. i.e. though it is a distinc­tion of order in number which is in them.   11. i.e. they are names of quality here, and they are compared.   12. to the god of hell.

1. om. MS.
2. MS. fixum
3. MS. catanepos
4. MS. VIII
5. the gloss seems to be corrupt: for airsisiu Thurneysen conjectures air is isiu
6. marg. l., opposite in Phormione compluria
7. MS. issí issí