compărātīvus, a, um, adj. [1. comparo], of or pertaining to comparison, depending on comparison, comparative.
I 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.: compărātīva , ōrum, n., words in the comparative degree , comparatives , Quint. 9, 3, 19.—Adv.: compărā-tīvē , with comparison : dicere, Gell. 5, 21, 14; Ambros. de Fide, 5, 9, 71.—
II Esp. in gram.
A Gradus, or absol. , the comparative , Don. p. 1745 P. et saep.—
B Casus, the ablative , Prisc. p. 671 P.