Adverbs in Latin are perhaps the easiest things to understand, because they work very much like English adverbs. To make an adjective into and adverb, we simply change the endings.
1st/2nd declension adjectives → adverb ends in ē
3rd declension adjectives → adverb ends in iter
For example:
|
1st/2nd declension adjective |
stem (from feminine) |
adverb |
|
altus, alta, altum high, deep |
alt |
altē highly, deeply |
|
īrātus, īrāta, īrātum angry |
īrāt |
īrāte angrily |
|
pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum beautiful |
pulchr |
pulchrē beautifully |
|
3rd declension adjective |
|
|
|
celer, celeris, celere swift |
celer |
celeriter swiftly |
|
fortis, forte strong |
fort |
fortiter strongly |
Sometimes the neuter accusative singular of an adjective is used as an adverb.
facilis (easy) → facile (easily)
multus (many) → multum (much)