Salve Брэндон,
Брэндон wrote:I'm still having a little trouble with the comparative form. I somewhat get it, but I was just looking for some reassurance. Superior gladium stilus est. Would that be the proper way to write the phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword"?
There are actually two competing syntaxes for the comparative degree. One uses the conjunction
quam, the other the ablative case form.
The Quam FormStilus est superior quam gladius.Nota bene: The things compared occupy the same grammatical case.
The Ablative FormStilus est superior gladio.The ablative case here is actually the ablative of separation. So from the sword, the pen is mightier. Often the ablative construct is used when expressing a negative. To use an example from Dooge's text:
Nihil est clarius sole. or
From the sun, nothing is brighter.