κρείσσων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κρείττων (kreíttōn) — Attic
• κρέσσων (kréssōn) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kretyōs, from *kret- (whence κρατύς (kratús)). By surface analysis, κρατύς (kratús) +‎ -ίων (-íōn).

Adjective

κρείσσων • (kreíssōn) m or f (neuter κρεῖσσον); third declension

1. comparative degree of κρατύς (kratús): more powerful
2. comparative degree of ᾰ̓γᾰθός (agathós): better

Inflection

Further reading

• “κρείσσων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κρείσσων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κρείσσων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κρείσσων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κρείσσων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • above idem, page 3.
  • better idem, page 77.
  • master idem, page 517.
  • predominant idem, page 634.
  • preponderating idem, page 636.
  • superior idem, page 839.
  • transcending idem, page 888.
  • triumphant idem, page 896.
  • victorious idem, page 951.
  • winning idem, page 982.