κρείσσων
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.
Headword (normalized):
κρείσσων
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κρεισσων
Intro Text:
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.
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