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γενεά

2 age, time of life, γενεῆφι νεώτατος Il. 14.112; γενεῇ πρεσβύτατος, προγενέστερος, ὁπλότερος, 6.24, 9.161, Od. 19.184.

ὁπλότερος

the younger, always of persons, Il. 4.325, Od. 21.370, B. 10.71 ; ὁπλότερος γενεῇ younger by birth, Il. 2.707, Od. 19.184 : fem. gen. pl. ὁπλοτεράων Il. 14.267, 275: Sup., youngest, ὁπλότατος γενεῆφιν 9.58 ; ὁ. θυγάτηρ Od. 7.58, cf. 11.283, Hes. Th. 946, Pi. I. 6(5).6, al. : Ar. Pax 1270- 1 uses the Comp. in mock heroic lines.—The orig. sense was perh. capable of bearing arms; and so ὁπλότεροι would be the serviceable men, hence, the young men, opp. the old men and children, Il. 3.108, Hom. Epigr. 4.5 ; then simply, younger or youngest, hence of women, Νέστορος ὁπλοτάτη θυγάτηρ Od. 3.465, etc. ; then, as the youngest are the last born, ἄνδρες ὁπλότεροι also means the latter generations, men of later days, Theoc. 16.46 ; ὁπλοτέρου τʼ Ἀχιλῆος ἀκούομεν Εὐρυλόχοιο Euph. 80.

ἀρείων

ἀρείων -ονος. Neut. ἄρειον [ἀρε-ίων, comp. fr. ἀρε-, ἀρετή. Cf. ἄριστος.] Acc. sing. masc. ἀρείω Il. 10.237: Od. 3.250. Nom. pl. masc. ἀρείους Il. 16.557: Od. 2.277, Od. 9.48. Dat. pl. masc. ἀρείοσι Il. 1.260. 1 Better, worthier, more warlike Il. 1.260, Il. 2.707, Il. 10.237, Il. 16.557, Il. 21.410, Il. 23.588: Od. 2.277, Od. 3.250, Od. 9.48, Od. 19.184, Od. 20.133. 2 Stronger: τεῖχος Il. 4.407 (i.e. stronger than our fathers found), Il. 15.736 (i.e. stronger than this). 3 In better condition: χρώς Il. 19.33. 4 Better, the better course: τόδʼ ἀμφοτέροισιν Il. 19.56. Absol. in neut., anything better or more excellent: οὐ τοῦ γʼ ἀ. [ἐστιν] Od. 6.182. 5 App., good rather than the reverse: γῆρας Od. 23.286. 6 In neut. as adv., better: φράσεται καὶ ἀ. (more clearly) Od. 23.114.

γενεή

γενεή -ῆς, ἡ [γεν-, γίγνομαι.] Instrumental γενεῆφι Il. 9.58, Il. 14.112, Il. 21.439. 1 Race, stock, family = γένος 1, γενέθλη 1: τίη γενεὴν ἐρεείνεις; Il. 6.145, Il. 21.153, πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζων (by his father's, that is, his family name) Il. 10.68, γενεῇ ὑπέρτερος (in birth) Il. 11.786, γενεὴν Διὸς εἶναι (by race sprung from . . .) Il. 21.187. Cf. Il. 6.151, 211 = Il. 20.241, Il. 7.128, Il. 10.239, Il. 15.141, Il. 19.105, Il. 20.203, 214, Il. 21.157, Il. 23.471: γενεῇ πατρώϊον (by right of descent) Od. 1.387. Cf. Od. 15.225. Of horses, stock, breed Il. 5.265, 268. 2 A race or generation = γένος 3: φύλλων Il. 6.146, ἀνδρῶν 149. A race or family: οὔ τοι γενεὴν θεοὶ νώνυμνον θῆκαν Od. 1.222. Cf. Od. 16.117. A body of descendants, offspring: Δαρδάνου Il. 20.303. Cf. Il. 20.306, Il. 21.191: Od. 4.27. 3 The body of persons born at about a certain time and conceived of as living for a certain time and conceived of as living for certain period, a generation: δύο γενεαὶ ἀνθρώπων Il. 1.250. Cf. Il. 23.790: Od. 14.325 = Od. 19.294. 4 App., family likeness or type: αὐτῷ γενεὴν ἐῴκει (in . . .) Il. 14.474. 5 In reference to the date of one's birth, age, one's years = γένος 7: ὁπλότερος γενεῇ (in age) Il. 2.707. Cf. Il. 4.60 = Il. 18.365, Il. 6.24, Il. 7.153, Il. 9.161, Il. 15.166, 182: Od. 19.184. So with instrumental: γενεῆφι νεώτατος Il. 14.112. Cf. Il. 9.58, Il. 21.439. 6 One's birthplace = γένος 8 Il. 20.390: Od. 1.407, Od. 15.175, Od. 20.193.

ὁπλότερος

ὁπλότερος -η, comp. Younger : ὁπλότερος γενεῇ Il. 2.707. Cf. Il. 4.325 : Od. 19.184, Od. 21.370. Youthful rather than old : αἰεὶ ὁπλοτέρων ἀνδρῶν φρένες ἠερέθονται (the younger generation, the class of youths) Il. 3.108, χαρίτων μίαν ὁπλοτεράων (one of the youthful . . .) Il. 14.267, 275. Superl. ὁπλότατος, -η. Youngest, the youngest : Νέστορος ὁπλοτάτη θυγάτηρ Od. 3.465. Cf. Il. 9.58 : Od. 7.58, Od. 11.283, Od. 15.364.

πρότερος

πρότερος -η, -ον [comp. fr. πρό.] 1 That is in front : ἐν προτέροισι πόδεσσιν (his fore-paws) Od. 19.228. 2 Sooner, earlier : οὔ τις π. τόν γʼ εἴσεται (before you) Il. 1.548, π. γεγόνει (had been born before him, was the elder) Il. 13.355. Cf. Il. 17.14, Il. 19.219, Il. 21.440 : Od. 2.31, 43. With genit., sooner than, before : ἐμέο π. ἐπέγρετο Il. 10.124. With πρίν: οὐκ εἴων προτέρην αἵματος ἆσσον ἴμεν, πρὶν . . . (to do so before . . ., until I should . . .) Od. 11.88. 3 In neut. sing. πρότερον as adv., sooner Il. 14.467. 4 a Doing, succeeding in doing, something before another, anticipating him, taking the lead or initiative, assuming the aggressive, commencing, first (cf. πρῶτος 5..a) : ὁππότεροι πρότεροι πημήνειαν Il. 3.299, πρότερος προΐει ἔγχος Il. 5.15. Cf. Il. 3.351, Il. 4.67, Il. 5.276, Il. 8.253 (cutting in), Il. 16.569, Il. 19.183, etc. : Od. 3.13, Od. 16.460, Od. 20.394, Od. 24.23, etc. b Sim. in oblique cases of one to whom action is directed before another, first (cf. πρῶτος 5..b) : ὑμῖν πὰρ προτέροισι πυρὸν ἔθηκεν Il. 8.188. Cf. Il. 15.157 : Od. 3.50, 53. 5 Belonging to time past : ἐπὶ προτέρων ἀνθρώπων (in the days of the men of old) Il. 5.637, Il. 23.332. Cf. Il. 11.691, Il. 21.405 : Od. 8.223, Od. 11.630. Absol. in pl., the men of old : οἱ πρότεροι Il. 4.308. 6 Born sooner, older : π. καὶ ἀρείων Il. 2.707, Il. 23.588 : Od. 19.184. Cf. Il. 15.166, 182. 7 Belonging to the past as opposed to the present, the former . . ., one's former . . .: ἀνδρός Il. 3.140. Cf. Il. 3.163, 429 : Od. 15.22, Od. 19.504, Od. 22.264 (to add to the former wrongs). The preceding . . . : ἠοῖ τῇ προτέρῃ Il. 13.794. Cf. Il. 21.5, Il. 23.790 (of the last generation and the men who lived then). Absol. : τῇ προτέρῃ (sc. ἡμέρῃ), the day before Od. 16.50.