“the” in Latin

As an article, not to be rendered by any corresponding word. But ☞ if a substantive with the article is followed and defined by a relative clause, it should be translated by is (ea, id).

Emphatic, may sometimes be represented by ille, illa, illud, or is, ea, id, or iste, a, ud. That is the man, is est vir iste: is this the man who? hiccine est ille, qui? Alexander the Great, Alexander ille magnus.

Before a comparative, hoc, eo, etc.; e.g., he did the more easily persuade them to it, id hoc fecilius eis persuasit: (in order) that... the more easily, etc., quo facilius, etc.

The - the; quo - eo; eo - quo; tanto - quanto (☞ observe, however, that the clause with quo, quanto, often precedes). The denser the atmosphere, the nearer to the earth, eo crassior aer est, quo terris propior: the shorter the time, the happier it is, tanto brevius tempus, quo felicius est; ☞ Grotef. § 164; Zumpt, § 487. Sometimes quam - tam (with superlative; e.g., quam quisque pessime fecit, tam maxime tutus est, Sall., Jug., 31, 14; but this is rare). In general propositions, instead of the comparative, we find the superlative with ut quisque... ita; e.g., the better a man is, the more backward he is to esteem others bad, ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime alios improbos suspicatur; ☞ Grotef., § 164. Then, also, the particles which connect the two propositions and the verb sum are omitted, in which case quisque is put after the superlative; e.g., the wiser a person is, the more calmly does he die, sapientissimus quisque aequissimo animo moritur; ☞ Grotef., § 252, Obs. 4; Zumpt, § 710. The sooner the better, quam primum: primo quoque tempore or die (☞ quantocius is quite unclassical).