κρείσσων
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *kretyōs, from *kret- (whence κρατύς (kratús)). By surface analysis, κρατύς (kratús) + -ίων (-íōn).
Adjective
[edit]κρείσσων • (kreíssōn) m or f (neuter κρεῖσσον); third declension
- comparative degree of κρατύς (kratús): more powerful
- comparative degree of ᾰ̓γᾰθός (agathós): better
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | |||
Nominative | κρείσσων kreíssōn |
κρεῖσσον kreîsson |
κρείσσονε kreíssone |
κρείσσονε kreíssone |
κρείσσονες kreíssones |
κρείσσονᾰ kreíssona | |||
Genitive | κρείσσονος kreíssonos |
κρείσσονος kreíssonos |
κρεισσόνοιν kreissónoin |
κρεισσόνοιν kreissónoin |
κρεισσόνων kreissónōn |
κρεισσόνων kreissónōn | |||
Dative | κρείσσονῐ kreíssoni |
κρείσσονῐ kreíssoni |
κρεισσόνοιν kreissónoin |
κρεισσόνοιν kreissónoin |
κρείσσοσῐ / κρείσσοσῐν kreíssosi(n) |
κρείσσοσῐ / κρείσσοσῐν kreíssosi(n) | |||
Accusative | κρείσσονᾰ kreíssona |
κρεῖσσον kreîsson |
κρείσσονε kreíssone |
κρείσσονε kreíssone |
κρείσσονᾰς kreíssonas |
κρείσσονᾰ kreíssona | |||
Vocative | κρεῖσσον kreîsson |
κρεῖσσον kreîsson |
κρείσσονε kreíssone |
κρείσσονε kreíssone |
κρείσσονες kreíssones |
κρείσσονᾰ kreíssona | |||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||
κρεῖσσον kreîsson |
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Further reading
[edit]- “κρείσσων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κρείσσων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κρείσσων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κρείσσων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κρείσσων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- above idem, page 3.
- better idem, page 77.
- master idem, page 517.
- predominant idem, page 634.
- preponderating idem, page 636.
- superior idem, page 839.
- transcending idem, page 888.
- triumphant idem, page 896.
- victorious idem, page 951.
- winning idem, page 982.