κρείσσων
κρείσσων,
ον, gen.
ονος, as always in Ep. and old Att.; later Att.
κρείττων; Ion.
κρέσσων Hp. Fract. 3 , al., v.l. in
Dionys.Trag. (v. infr.
11 ); Dor.
κάρρων (q.v.); Cret.
κάρτων Leg.Gort. 1.15 :— Comp. of
κρατύς (v.
κράτιστος),
A). stronger, mightier,
κ. βασιλεύς, ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ Il. 1.80 ; esp. in battle,
κρείσσοσιν ἶφι μάχεσθαι 21.486 ;
Διὸς κ. νόος ἠέ περ ἀνδρῶν 16.688 ;
κεραυνοῦ κρέσσον .. βέλος Pi. I. 8(7).36 , cf.
Hdt. 7.172 , Hp.l.c., etc.;
κρείσσων χεῖρας Antipho 4.4.7 ;
τὸ τοῦ κ. συμφέρον Pl. R. 338c , cf.
Democr. 267 : hence,
having the upper hand, superior,
ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ κ. τε γένηται Il. 3.71 ;
κ. ἀρετῇ τε βίῃ τε 23.578 : as Law-term, of witnesses,
κάρτονανς ἦμεν prevail, Leg.Gort. l.c.
2). freq. as Comp. of
ἀγαθός,
better,
κρέσσονες one's
betters, esp. in point of rank,
Pi. O. 10(11).39 ,
N. 10.72 (but also,
the stronger, more powerful,
E. Or. 710 ,
Th. 1.8 , etc.);
ἐς τοὺς τοκέας καὶ ἐς τοὺς κρέσσονας τεθυμῶσθαι Hdt. 3.52 , cf.
SIG 685.134 (
Magn. Mae., ii B. C.);
οἱ κ. corps of guards at Thebes,
Plu. 2.598e ;
κρείσσονες θεοί, of the
greater gods, as opp. to Oceanus,
A. Pr. 902 (lyr.);
ὁ κ. Ζεύς Id. Ag. 60 (anap.);
οἱ κ. the
Higher Powers,
Id. Fr. 10 ,
Pl. Sph. 216b ,
Euthd. 291a , etc.;
τὰ κρείσσω, =
τὰ θεῖα ,
E. Ion 973 ;
τὸ κ. the
Almighty, Providence, Corp.Herm. 18.11 ,
Jul. Ep. 204 ,
Agath. 1.16 ,
Procop.Gaz. Pan. p.492 ;
τὰ κρείσσονα one's
advantages,
τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἡμῖν κρείσσω καταπροδοῦναι Th. 4.10 .
3). c. inf.,
οὔ τις ἐμεῖο κρείσσων .. δόμεναι no one has
a better right to .. ,
Od. 21.345 ;
οὐκ ἄλλος κ. παραμυθεῖσθαι Pl. Plt. 268b ;
κρεῖσσόν ἐστι c. inf., 'tis
better to .. ,
κ. γάρ ἐστιν εἰσάπαξ θανεῖν ἢ .. πάσχειν κακῶς A. Pr. 750 , cf.
624 ,
Hdt. 3.52 , etc.;
τὸ μὴ εἶναι κ. ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς S. Fr. 488 , cf.
Apollod.Com. 6 ; also
κρείσσων εἰμί c. part.,
κ. γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ’ ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός thou wert
better not alive, than living blind,
S. OT 1368 , cf.
Aj. 635 (lyr.);
κ. ἦν ὁ ἀγὼν μὴ γεγενημένος Aeschin. 1.192 , cf.
D.H. 6.9 .
III). having control over, master of, esp. of desires and passions,
τῶν ἡδονῶν Democr. 214 ;
τοῦ ἔρωτος X. Cyr. 6.1.34 ;
γαστρὸς καὶ κερδέων ib.
4.2.45 ;
αὑτῶν over themselves,
Pl. Phdr. 232a , al.;
κ. χρημάτων superior to the influence of money,
Th. 2.60 ,
Isoc. 1.19 ;
τῶν συμμάχων κ. X. Ath. 2.1 ; also,
putting oneself above,
κ. τοῦ δικαίου Th. 3.84 ;
κρείσσους ὄντες .. τῷ λογισμῷ ἐς τὸ ἀνέλπιστον τοῦ βεβαίου having reasoned themselves into an absolute belief of the hopelessness of certainty, ib.
83 ;
φαύλους καὶ κρείττους τῆς παιδείας, =
οὓς παιδευθῆναι ἀδύνατον (just below),
Arist. Pol. 1316a9 .
V). Adv.
κρεισσόνως Antipho 4.4.6 ,
Iamb. Myst. 7.4 ; also
κρεῖσσον S. OT 176 (lyr.),
OGI 90.31 (Rosetta, ii B. C.).(
κρέσσων from
κρέτ-ψων, cf.
κρέτος; κάρτων and
κάρρων from
κάρτ-ψων, cf.
κάρτος; κρείσσων (like
μείζων) prob. took
ει from
ὀλείζων.)
ShortDef
stronger, mightier, more powerful
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κρείσσων</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, gen. <span class="itype greek">ονος</span>, as always in Ep. and old Att.; later Att. <span class="orth greek">κρείττων</span>; Ion. <span class="orth greek">κρέσσων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fract.</span> 3 </a>, al., v.l. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dionys.Trag.</span> </span> (v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0350.tlg001:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0350.tlg001:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>); Dor. <span class="orth greek">κάρρων</span> (q.v.); Cret. <span class="orth greek">κάρτων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Leg.Gort.</span> 1.15 </span>:— Comp. of <span class="foreign greek">κρατύς</span> (v. <span class="foreign greek">κράτιστος</span>), <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stronger, mightier</span>, <span class="quote greek">κ. βασιλεύς, ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ</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> ; esp. in battle, <span class="quote greek">κρείσσοσιν ἶφι μάχεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:486" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.486/canonical-url/"> 21.486 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Διὸς κ. νόος ἠέ περ ἀνδρῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:688" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.688/canonical-url/"> 16.688 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κεραυνοῦ κρέσσον .. βέλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8(7).36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8(7).36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 8(7).36 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:172" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.172/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.172 </a>, Hp.l.c., etc.; <span class="quote greek">κρείσσων χεῖρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 4.4.7 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ τοῦ κ. συμφέρον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:338c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:338c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 338c </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:267" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:267/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 267 </a>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">having the upper hand, superior</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ κ. τε γένηται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.71 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ. ἀρετῇ τε βίῃ τε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:578" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.578/canonical-url/"> 23.578 </a> : as Law-term, of witnesses, <span class="quote greek">κάρτονανς ἦμεν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prevail,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leg.Gort.</span> </span> l.c. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> freq. as Comp. of <span class="foreign greek">ἀγαθός</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">better</span>, <span class="foreign greek">κρέσσονες</span> one\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">betters</span>, esp. in point of rank, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10(11).39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10(11).39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 10(11).39 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 10.72 </a> (but also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the stronger, more powerful</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:710" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:710/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 710 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.8 </a>, etc.); <span class="quote greek">ἐς τοὺς τοκέας καὶ ἐς τοὺς κρέσσονας τεθυμῶσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.52 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 685.134 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Magn.</span> </span> Mae., ii B. C.); <span class="foreign greek">οἱ κ.</span> corps of guards at Thebes, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.598e </span>; <span class="foreign greek">κρείσσονες θεοί</span>, of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">greater</span> gods, as opp. to Oceanus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:902" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:902/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 902 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ὁ κ. Ζεύς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 60 </a> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">οἱ κ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Higher Powers</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:216b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:216b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 216b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:291a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:291a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 291a </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ κρείσσω,</span> = <span class="ref greek">τὰ θεῖα</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:973" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:973/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 973 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ κ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Almighty, Providence,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1286.tlg001:18:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1286.tlg001:18.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Corp.Herm.</span> 18.11 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg013:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg013:204/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 204 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4024.tlg001:1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4024.tlg001:1.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Agath.</span> 1.16 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2598.tlg011:p.492" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2598.tlg011:p.492/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Procop.Gaz.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pan.</span> p.492 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ κρείσσονα</span> one\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">advantages</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἡμῖν κρείσσω καταπροδοῦναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.10 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> c. inf., <span class="foreign greek">οὔ τις ἐμεῖο κρείσσων .. δόμεναι</span> no one has <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a better right</span> to .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:345" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.345/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 21.345 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἄλλος κ. παραμυθεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:268b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:268b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 268b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κρεῖσσόν ἐστι</span> c. inf., \'tis <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">better</span> to .. , <span class="quote greek">κ. γάρ ἐστιν εἰσάπαξ θανεῖν ἢ .. πάσχειν κακῶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:750" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:750/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 750 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:624" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:624/canonical-url/"> 624 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.52 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τὸ μὴ εἶναι κ. ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:488" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:488/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 488 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0413.tlg001:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0413.tlg001:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apollod.Com.</span> 6 </a>; also <span class="foreign greek">κρείσσων εἰμί</span> c. part., <span class="foreign greek">κ. γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ’ ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός</span> thou wert <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">better</span> not alive, than living blind, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1368" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1368/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1368 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:635" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:635/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 635 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">κ. ἦν ὁ ἀγὼν μὴ γεγενημένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:192/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.192 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:6:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:6.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 6.9 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> c. gen. or <span class="foreign greek">ἤ</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">too great for, surpassing, beyond</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὕψος κ. ἐκπηδήματος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1376" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1376/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1376 </a> ; of evil deeds, <span class="foreign greek">κρείσσον’ ἀγχόνης</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">too bad</span> for hanging, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1374" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1374/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1374 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κρεῖσσον δεργμάτων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">too bad</span> to look on, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1217" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1217/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 1217 </a>; <span class="quote greek">θαυμάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:667" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:667/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 667 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λέγετι σιγῆς κρεῖσσον </span>( <span class="quote greek">κρέσσον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PSI</span> 9.1093 </span> ) <span class="quote greek">ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0350.tlg001:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0350.tlg001:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dionys.Trag.</span> 6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κρείσσον’ ἢ λέξαι λόγῳ τολμήματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:844" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:844/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 844 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κ. ἢ λόγοισιν</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">εἰπεῖν</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:837" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:837/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 837 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀναρχία κ. πυρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:608" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:608/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 608 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πρᾶγμα ἐλπίδος κ. γεγενημένον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">worse</span> than one expected, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.64 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κ. λόγου τὸ κάλλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:11:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:11:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 3.11.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ. τῆς ἡμετέρας δυνάμεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:5:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:5:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 7.5.9 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">having control over, master of</span>, esp. of desires and passions, <span class="quote greek">τῶν ἡδονῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 214 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ ἔρωτος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 6.1.34 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γαστρὸς καὶ κερδέων</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:2:45" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:2:45/canonical-url/"> 4.2.45 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">αὑτῶν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">over</span> themselves, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:232a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:232a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 232a </a>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">κ. χρημάτων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">superior to</span> the influence of money, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.60 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg007.perseus-grc1:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg007.perseus-grc1:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 1.19 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τῶν συμμάχων κ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:2:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg015.perseus-grc1:2.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 2.1 </a> ; also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">putting oneself above</span>, <span class="quote greek">κ. τοῦ δικαίου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.84 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κρείσσους ὄντες .. τῷ λογισμῷ ἐς τὸ ἀνέλπιστον τοῦ βεβαίου</span> having reasoned themselves into an absolute belief of the hopelessness of certainty, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:83/canonical-url/"> 83 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">φαύλους καὶ κρείττους τῆς παιδείας,</span> = <span class="ref greek">οὓς παιδευθῆναι ἀδύνατον</span> (just below), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1316a:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1316a.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1316a9 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">better, more excellent</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heraclit.</span> 54 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ. ἐπ’ ἀρετήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 181 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὁ κρείττων λόγος</span> (opp. <span class="foreign greek">ὁ ἥσσων</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:113" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:113/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 113 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ τὸ κ.</span> in a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">higher</span> sense, opp. <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ τὸ χεῖρον</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4066.tlg003:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dam.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="quote greek">κρεισσόνως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 4.4.6 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg006:7:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg006:7.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Iamb.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Myst.</span> 7.4 </a>; also <span class="quote greek">κρεῖσσον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:176/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 176 </a> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 90.31 </span> (Rosetta, ii B. C.).(<span class="foreign greek">κρέσσων</span> from <span class="foreign greek">κρέτ-ψων</span>, cf. <span class="foreign greek">κρέτος; κάρτων</span> and <span class="foreign greek">κάρρων</span> from <span class="foreign greek">κάρτ-ψων</span>, cf. <span class="foreign greek">κάρτος; κρείσσων</span> (like <span class="foreign greek">μείζων</span>) prob. took <span class="itype greek">ει</span> from <span class="foreign greek">ὀλείζων</span>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}