LESSON 26 THE COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES There are three degrees of comparison—Positive, Comparative, Superlative. The regular method of forming the comparative and superlative degrees is by adding -τερος and -τατος to the stem of adjectives of the 2nd declension in -ος, and to the stem of those of the 3rd declension in -ης. Examples ἰσχυρός, -ά, -όν, strong (stem ἰσχυρο-); ἰσχυρότερος, -α, -ον, stronger; ἰσχυρότατος, -η, -ον, strongest. ἀληθής, -ής, -ές, true (stem ἀληθεσ-); ἀληθέστερος,