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• longior quam latior acies erat (Liv. xxvii. 48), the line was longer than it was broad (or, rather long than broad).

• verior quam gratior (id. xxii. 38), more true than agreeable.

NOTE: So also with adverbs: as,---libentius quam verius (Mil. 78), with more freedom than truth.

a. Where magis is used, both adjectives are in the positive:---

• disertus magis quam sapiens (Att. x. 1. 4), eloquent rather than wise.

• clari magis quam honesti (Iug. 8), more renowned than honorable.

NOTE: A comparative and a positive, or even two positives, are sometimes connected by quam. This use is rarer and less elegant than those before noticed:---

• claris maioribus quam vetustis (Tac. Ann. iv. 61), of a family more famous than old.

• vehementius quam caute (Tac. Agr. 4), with more fury than good heed.

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