comparātīvus, a, um, adj. 1. comparo, of or pertaining to comparison, depending on comparison, comparative. In gen.: judicatio, Cic. Inv. 2, 25, 76 (cf. 1. comparatio, I.): genus causae (opp. simplex), Quint. 7, 4, 3: vocabulum, Gell. 5, 21, 13.

—Subst.: comparātīva, ōrum, n., words in the comparative degree, comparatives, Quint. 9, 3, 19.

—Adv.: comparā-tīvē, with comparison: dicere, Gell. 5, 21, 14; Ambros. de Fide, 5, 9, 71.

— Esp. in gram. Gradus, or absol., the comparative, Don. p. 1745 P. et saep.

— Casus, the ablative, Prisc. p. 671 P.