κρείσσων comp. of κρατύς v. κράτιστος stronger, mightier, more powerful, Il., etc. in sense often as comp. of ἀγαθός, better, οἱ κρέσσονες oneʼs betters, Pind.; so, τὰ κρείσσω Eur.: —τὰ κρείσσονα oneʼs advantages, Thuc. c. inf., οὔτις κρείσσων δόμεναι no one has a better right to give, Od.: —κρεῖσσόν ἐστι, c. inf., ʼtis better to . . , κρεῖσσόν ἐστι θανεῖν ἢ πάσχειν κακῶς Aesch.:—also κρείσσων εἰμί, c. part., κρείσσων ἦσθα μηκέτʼ ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός thou wert better not alive, than living blind, Soph. too great for, ὕψος κρεῖσσον ἐκπηδήματος too great for leaping out of, Aesch.; κρείσσονʼ ἀγχόνης too bad for hanging, Soph.; ἐλπίδος κρ. worse than one expected, Thuc. having power over, master of, γαστρός Xen.; κρ. χρημάτων superior to bribes, Thuc. in Attic Prose in moral sense, better, more excellent, Ar.