Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χείρων

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χείρων χείρωνος

Structure: χειρ (Stem) + ων (Comparative Ending)

Etym.: xei/r

Sense

  1. worse, meaner, inferior, worse than others, a knave
  2. worse, inferior
  3. inferior
  4. worse, more severe
  5. the worse advice, ill counsels
  6. it is or will be worse, well
  7. in inferior degree, less
  8. worst, men of lowest degree

Synonyms

  1. the worse advice

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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