χείρων
χείρων
χείρων, ονος, ὁ, ἡ,
irreg. comp. and superl. of κακός
from Root !χερ, v. χερείων II
of persons, worse, meaner, inferior, Hom., etc.; σὺ μὲν ἐσθλός, ἐγὼ δὲ σέθεν πολὺ χείρων Il.: in moral sense, worse than others, a knave, Soph., Thuc., etc.
worse in quality, inferior, Il.; χ. εἰς τὴν ἀρετήν Plat.; χ. τὰ πολεμικά Xen.; c. inf., χ. ποιεῖν Xen.
of things, inferior, Il., Xen.
worse, more severe, νόσος Eur.; μοῖρα Plat.
the neut. is used,
as a Subst., τὰ χερείονα the worse advice, ill counsels, Il.: —ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον τρέπεσθαι, κλίνειν to fall off, get worse, Xen.
χεῖρόν τινι (sc. ἔστι or ἔσται) it is or will be worse for one, Od., Xen.; οὐ χεῖρον, in an answer, ʼtis well, Ar.
as adv., like Lat. pejus, worse, χεῖρον βουλεύεσθαι Thuc.; βιῶναι, ζῆν Plat.
in inferior degree, less, Xen., etc.
Sup. χείριστος, η, ον worst, Lat. pessimus, Plat., etc.: esp. οἱ χείριστοι men of lowest degree, Xen.
Headword (normalized):
χείρων
Headword (normalized/stripped):
χειρων
Intro Text:
χείρων
χείρων, ονος, ὁ, ἡ,
irreg. comp. and superl. of κακός
from Root !χερ, v. χερείων II
of persons, worse, meaner, inferior, Hom., etc.; σὺ μὲν ἐσθλός, ἐγὼ δὲ σέθεν πολὺ χείρων Il.: in moral sense, worse than others, a knave, Soph., Thuc., etc.
worse in quality, inferior, Il.; χ. εἰς τὴν ἀρετήν Plat.; χ. τὰ πολεμικά Xen.; c. inf., χ. ποιεῖν Xen.
of things, inferior, Il., Xen.
worse, more severe, νόσος Eur.; μοῖρα Plat.
the neut. is used,
as a Subst., τὰ χερείονα the worse advice, ill counsels, Il.: —ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον τρέπεσθαι, κλίνειν to fall off, get worse, Xen.
χεῖρόν τινι (sc. ἔστι or ἔσται) it is or will be worse for one, Od., Xen.; οὐ χεῖρον, in an answer, ʼtis well, Ar.
as adv., like Lat. pejus, worse, χεῖρον βουλεύεσθαι Thuc.; βιῶναι, ζῆν Plat.
in inferior degree, less, Xen., etc.
Sup. χείριστος, η, ον worst, Lat. pessimus, Plat., etc.: esp. οἱ χείριστοι men of lowest degree, Xen.
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