χείρων
χείρωνep.χερείωνονgen.ονοςcompar.adj used as compar. of [κακός]sg.masc.fem.acc.ep.Att.irreg.Hom.dat.ep.irreg.Il.pl.masc.fem.nom.ep.Att.ep.AR.irreg.Od. AR.neut.nom.acc.ep.Att.irreg.Hom.dat.ep.Pi. of personsof lower standinginferior, lesserin birth, rank, martial prowess, natural endowments
Hom. Hes.fr. Pi. AR. Theoc. inferior in statuslowlier, humbler
E.lower-class
Pl. gener.less goodinferiorsts. w.dat.prep.phr.in some quality or activity, sts. w.gen.to someone else
Hom. Thgn. E. Th.worsew.inf.at doing sthg.
Ar. X. w. moral connot.less goodworse, baser
Att.orats.w. little compar. sensebadrather than good
S. Th. of thingsof inferior quality or worthinferior, worse
Il. Th. of circumstances, courses of actionless good, worse
Od. Hes. Hdt. Th.of a sicknessmore severe
E. neg.neut.impers., phr.οὐ χεῖρον or χέρειονw. ἐστί, freq. understd.it is not worsei.e. it is better or no bad thing, sts. w.inf.to do sthg.Od. Ar. Pl. X. Arist. Plu.neut.sb.sg. and pl.the worse or the badHom. E. Th.prep.phr., esp. ref. to things changing or being interpretedἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρονalso τὰ χείρωfor the worseIsoc. Pl. X. D. Arist. Thphr. χεῖρονneut.advless well, worse
Antipho Th. χειρότεροςalsoχερειότεροςη ονep.compar.adj of persons or thingsinferiorworse
Il. Hes. hHom. Eleg.adesp. Parm. χερειότερονep.compar.adv less well, worse
Mosch. χείριστοςη ονsuperl.adj of persons or thingsworst
Att.orats. Pl. X. lowliest, humblest
Lys. X.w. moral connot.worst, basest
Plb. χείρισταsuperl.advin the worst possible manner
Arist.
ShortDef
Cheiron
worse, meaner, inferior
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