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βεβρώθοις

βεβρωκώς

βεβρώσεται

βεβυσμένον

βέλεμνον

βέλτερος

βένθοσδε

βέρεθρον

βέλτερος

[comp. fr. βολ-, βόλομαι].

Better.

In neut. βέλτερον with or without copula, it is (would be) better: β. δς προφύγῃ κακόν Il. 14.81 ([κείνῳ] ὅς = εἴ τις).

With complementary infin.: β. ἀπολέσθαι Il. 15.511. Cf. Il. 15.197, Il. 18.302, Il. 21.485, Il. 22.129.

With dat. and infin.: πτωχῷ β. ἐστι δαῖτα πτωχεύειν Od. 17.18.

With εἰ: β., εἰ καὐτὴ πόσιν εὗρεν ἄλλοθεν Od. 7.282.

ShortDef

better, more excellent

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Headword:

βέλτερος

Headword (normalized):

βέλτερος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

βελτερος

IDX:

1719

URN:

urn:cite2:exploreHomer:entries.atlas_v1:1.1720

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