χερείων
χερείων,
ὁ,
ἡ, gen.
ονος, nom. pl.
A). χερείους A.R. 2.1220 :— Ep. for
χείρων, meaner, inferior, in rank, worth, or wealth,
κεῖνος δὲ χερείονος ἐκ θεοῦ ἐστιν Il. 20.106 , cf.
Od. 20.45 ;
τὰ χερείονα νικᾷ Il. 1.576 ;
χερείονά περ καταπεφνών 17.539 ; in body or mind,
ἐπεὶ οὔ ἑθέν ἐστι χ., οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν, οὔτ’ ἂρ φρένας οὔτε τι ἔργα 1.114 , cf.
Od. 5.211 ; rare in Prose,
ἄρχεσθαι ὑπὸ χερείονος Democr. 49 ; opp.
κάρρων, Aesar. ap.
Stob. 1.49.27 .
2). of things,
οὔ τι χέρειον ἐν ὥρῃ δεῖπνον ἑλέσθαι 'tis not
the worse part, 'twere not
amiss, Od. 17.176 , cf.
23.262 .
II). irreg. forms, dat.
χέρηϊ, acc.
χέρεια, nom. pl.
χέρηες, acc. neut.
χέρεια, all used in compar. sense,
κρείσσων γὰρ βασιλεύς, ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ with a man
of meaner rank, Il. 1.80 ;
οἷά τε τοῖς ἀγαθοῖσι παραδρώωσι χέρηες Od. 15.324 ;
ἐσθλά τε καὶ τὰ χέρεια 18.229 ,
20.310 ;
ἐσθλὰ μὲν ἐσθλὸς ἔδυνε, χέρεια δὲ χείρονι δόσκον, where
ἐσθλὰ ἐσθλός and
χέρεια χείρονι are evidently correlative,
Il. 14.382 ; c. gen.,
υἱὸν .. εἷο χέρεια μάχῃ, ἀγορῇ δὲ ἀμείνω 4.400 ;
οὔ τι χέρεια πατρός Od. 14.176 .—
χέρεια was written by
Aristarch. in
Od. 14.176 , where codd. have
χερείω (
χέρῃα Eust. 488.38 ).
ShortDef
meaner, inferior
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Headword (normalized):
χερείων
Headword (normalized/stripped):
χερειων
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">χερείων</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, gen. <span class="itype greek">ονος</span>, nom. pl. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">χερείους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:1220" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.1220/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 2.1220 </a> :— Ep. for <span class="foreign greek">χείρων,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">meaner, inferior,</span> in rank, worth, or wealth, <span class="quote greek">κεῖνος δὲ χερείονος ἐκ θεοῦ ἐστιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:20.106/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 20.106 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.45/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 20.45 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὰ χερείονα νικᾷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:576" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.576/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.576 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χερείονά περ καταπεφνών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:539" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.539/canonical-url/"> 17.539 </a> ; in body or mind, <span class="quote greek">ἐπεὶ οὔ ἑθέν ἐστι χ., οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν, οὔτ’ ἂρ φρένας οὔτε τι ἔργα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:114" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.114/canonical-url/"> 1.114 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:211" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.211/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.211 </a>; rare in Prose, <span class="quote greek">ἄρχεσθαι ὑπὸ χερείονος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 49 </a> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">κάρρων,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aesar.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stob.</span> 1.49.27 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of things, <span class="foreign greek">οὔ τι χέρειον ἐν ὥρῃ δεῖπνον ἑλέσθαι</span> \'tis not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the worse part,</span> \'twere not <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">amiss,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.176/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 17.176 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:23:262" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:23.262/canonical-url/"> 23.262 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> irreg. forms, dat. <span class="foreign greek">χέρηϊ,</span> acc. <span class="foreign greek">χέρεια,</span> nom. pl. <span class="foreign greek">χέρηες,</span> acc. neut. <span class="foreign greek">χέρεια,</span> all used in compar. sense, <span class="foreign greek">κρείσσων γὰρ βασιλεύς, ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ</span> with a man <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of meaner rank,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.80 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οἷά τε τοῖς ἀγαθοῖσι παραδρώωσι χέρηες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:15:324" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.324/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 15.324 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐσθλά τε καὶ τὰ χέρεια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:229" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.229/canonical-url/"> 18.229 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20:310" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.310/canonical-url/"> 20.310 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐσθλὰ μὲν ἐσθλὸς ἔδυνε, χέρεια δὲ χείρονι δόσκον,</span> where <span class="foreign greek">ἐσθλὰ ἐσθλός</span> and <span class="foreign greek">χέρεια χείρονι</span> are evidently correlative, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:382" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.382/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.382 </a>; c. gen., <span class="quote greek">υἱὸν .. εἷο χέρεια μάχῃ, ἀγορῇ δὲ ἀμείνω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:400" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.400/canonical-url/"> 4.400 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οὔ τι χέρεια πατρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.176/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.176 </a> .—<span class="foreign greek">χέρεια</span> was written by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristarch.</span> </span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.176/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.176 </a>, where codd. have <span class="foreign greek">χερείω </span>( <span class="quote greek">χέρῃα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:488:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:488.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 488.38 </a> ).</div> </div><br><br>'}