ἐλάσσων
ἐλάσς-ων, Att.
ἐλάσς-ττων,
ον, gen.
ονος: Sup.
ἐλάχιστος (q.v.):—
A). smaller, less, formed from
ἐλαχύς (q.v.), but serving as Comp. to
μικρός, δουρηνεκὲς ἢ καὶ ἔλασσον Il. 10.357 ;
τοὔλασσον ἔχειν to have the
worse, be worse off,
πάντῃ Thgn. 269 ;
οὐδὲν ἔλασσον ἔχειν τῇ μάχῃ Hdt. 9.102 ;
ἔ. ἔχειν παρά τινι D. 21.187 ;
ἐλάττων γίγνεσθαι Ar. Eq. 441 ,
D. 3.29 ;
οὐκ ἐλάσσονα πάσχειν A. Pers. 813 ;
ἐλάττω νομίσας τὴν ἀρχὴν ἢ κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν εἶναι too small for ..,
Isoc. 11.11 : abs.,
too small,
Thphr. Char. 23.9 ;
below the average in height, PLips. 1.9 , etc.
2). c. gen. pers.,
worse than, inferior to,
Ar. V. 599 , etc.: but c. gen. rei,
giving way to, subservient to,
σιτίων X. Lac. 5.8 ;
πάθους Plu. Cor. 34 : abs.,
worse, inferior,
τόποι Gp. 2.48.1 .
3). neut. with Preps.,
περὶ ἐλάσσονος ποιεῖσθαι to consider of
less account,
Hdt. 6.6 ;
ἐν ἐλάττονι θέσθαι Plb. 4.6.12 ;
παρ’ ἔλαττον τοῦ δέοντος ἡγεῖσθαι Pl. R. 546d ;
ἐπ’ ἔλαττον (sc.
ἁρμοσθῆναι)
Id. Phd. 93b ;
δῑ ἐλάσσονος at
less distance,
Th. 7.4 ;
πάντ’ ἐν ἐλάττονι ποιεῖσθαι τῆς ἡδονῆς Heraclid.Pont. ap.
Ath. 12.537c .
V). neut.
ἔλασσον, as Adv.,
ἔ. ἢ μηδέν A. Pr. 938 , cf.
S. El. 598 ,
Pl. R. 564d , etc.;
ἔ. ἄπωθεν less far off,
Th. 4.67 ;
πλείω ἔλαττον, with numbers, more or
less, PLips. 28.10 (iv A.D.), etc.: neut. pl., as Adv.,=
ἐλαττονάκις,
Pl. Cri. 53a , al.: regul. Adv.
ἐλασσόνως (q.v.).
VI). with indecl. Numerals, the
ἤ of Comparison is often omitted,
οὐκ ἐλάττους ὀγδοήκοντα D.S. 14.8 ; esp. in Adv.
ἔλασσον, as
μὴ ἔ. δέκα ἔτη Pl. Lg. 856d ,al. (Orig.
ἐλάχγων, cf.
ἐλάχ-ιστος, ἐλαχύς.)
ShortDef
smaller, less
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἐλάσσων
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ελασσων
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-33425
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἐλάσς-ων</span>, Att. <span class="orth greek">ἐλάσς-ττων</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, gen. <span class="itype greek">ονος</span>: Sup. <span class="foreign greek">ἐλάχιστος</span> (q.v.):—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">smaller, less</span>, formed from <span class="foreign greek">ἐλαχύς</span> (q.v.), but serving as Comp. to <span class="quote greek">μικρός, δουρηνεκὲς ἢ καὶ ἔλασσον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:357" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.357/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.357 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τοὔλασσον ἔχειν</span> to have the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">worse, be worse off</span>, <span class="quote greek">πάντῃ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 269 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲν ἔλασσον ἔχειν τῇ μάχῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:102" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.102/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.102 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔ. ἔχειν παρά τινι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:187" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:187/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.187 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐλάττων γίγνεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:441" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:441/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 441 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg003.perseus-grc1:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg003.perseus-grc1:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 3.29 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἐλάσσονα πάσχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:813" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:813/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 813 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐλάττω νομίσας τὴν ἀρχὴν ἢ κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν εἶναι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">too small</span> for .., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg010.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg010.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 11.11 </a>: abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">too small</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg009:23:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg009:23.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Char.</span> 23.9 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">below the average in height,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PLips.</span> 1.9 </span>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. gen. pers., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">worse than, inferior to</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:599" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:599/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 599 </a>, etc.: but c. gen. rei, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">giving way to, subservient to</span>, <span class="quote greek">σιτίων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg010:5:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg010:5.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lac.</span> 5.8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πάθους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg016:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg016:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cor.</span> 34 </a> : abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">worse, inferior</span>, <span class="quote greek">τόποι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 2.48.1 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> neut. with Preps., <span class="foreign greek">περὶ ἐλάσσονος ποιεῖσθαι</span> to consider of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">less account</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.6 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν ἐλάττονι θέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:6:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:6:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 4.6.12 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">παρ’ ἔλαττον τοῦ δέοντος ἡγεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:546d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:546d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 546d </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπ’ ἔλαττον</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ἁρμοσθῆναι</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:93b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:93b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 93b </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δῑ ἐλάσσονος</span> at <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">less distance</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 7.4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πάντ’ ἐν ἐλάττονι ποιεῖσθαι τῆς ἡδονῆς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heraclid.Pont.</span> </span> ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:537c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12.537c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 12.537c </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of Number, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fewer</span>, <span class="foreign greek">οἱ ἐλάσσονες</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">minority</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.121/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.121 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐλάσσονες ἀριθμόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 8.66 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔ. πλῆθος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.49 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> of Time, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shorter</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:295c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:295c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 295c </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> of worth or rank, <span class="foreign greek">οἱ ἐ</span>. the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">meaner sort</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg013.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg013.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 2.13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:116:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:116.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 116.12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> neut. <span class="foreign greek">ἔλασσον</span>, as Adv., <span class="quote greek">ἔ. ἢ μηδέν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:938" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:938/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 938 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:598" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:598/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 598 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:564d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:564d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 564d </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἔ. ἄπωθεν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">less</span> far off, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.67 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πλείω ἔλαττον</span>, with numbers, more or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">less,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PLips.</span> 28.10 </span> (iv A.D.), etc.: neut. pl., as Adv.,= <span class="foreign greek">ἐλαττονάκις</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc1:53a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg003.perseus-grc1:53a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cri.</span> 53a </a>, al.: regul. Adv. <span class="foreign greek">ἐλασσόνως</span> (q.v.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> with indecl. Numerals, the <span class="foreign greek">ἤ</span> of Comparison is often omitted, <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἐλάττους ὀγδοήκοντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:14:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:14.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 14.8 </a> ; esp. in Adv. <span class="foreign greek">ἔλασσον</span>, as <span class="quote greek">μὴ ἔ. δέκα ἔτη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:856d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:856d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 856d </a> ,al. (Orig. <span class="foreign greek">ἐλάχγων</span>, cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἐλάχ-ιστος, ἐλαχύς</span>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}