χείρων
Third declension Adjective;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
χείρων
χείρωνος
Structure:
χειρ
(Stem)
+
ων
(Comparative Ending)
Sense
- worse, meaner, inferior, worse than others, a knave
- worse, inferior
- inferior
- worse, more severe
- the worse advice, ill counsels
- it is or will be worse, well
- in inferior degree, less
- worst, men of lowest degree
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καὶ οὐ καθ’ ἓν ἴσωσ τοῦτο μόνον ἐπαινεῖν τὸν παρόντα χρόνον καὶ τοὺσ συμφιλοσοφοῦντασ ἀνθρώπουσ ἄξιον, ὅτι τὰ κρείττω τιμιώτερα ποιεῖν τῶν χειρόνων ἤρξαντο καίτοι μέροσ γε τοῦ παντὸσ ἥμισυ ἀρχὴ λέγεταί τε καὶ ἔστιν, ἀλλ’ ὅτι καὶ ταχεῖαν τὴν μεταβολὴν καὶ μεγάλην τὴν ἐπίδοσιν αὐτῶν παρεσκεύασε γενέσθαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 23)
- δυοῖν δ’ ὄντοιν ἅττ’ ἂν παρὰ τῶν παλαιῶν τισ κτήσαιτο, λέγειν τε δύνασθαι καὶ πράττειν τὰ δέοντα ζήλῳ τῶν ἀρίστων καὶ φυγῇ τῶν χειρόνων, ὅταν μήτε ἐκεῖνα μήτε ταῦτα φαίνηταί τισ παρ’ αὐτῶν ὠφελούμενοσ, τί ἄλλο ἢ τοῖσ μυσὶ διατριβὰσ ὠνεῖται καὶ ταῖσ τίλφαισ οἰκήσεισ καὶ πληγὰσ ὡσ ἀμελοῦσι τοῖσ οἰκέταισ ; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 17:2)
- τὰ δὲ αὐτὰ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ἐπιβάταισ, μαστιγίαν μέν τινα ἐν προεδρίᾳ παρὰ τὸν κυβερνήτην καθήμενον καὶ θεραπευόμενον, καὶ ἄλλον κίναιδον ἢ πατραλοίαν ἢ ἱερόσυλον ὑπερτιμώμενον καὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῆσ νεὼσ κατειληφότα, χαρίεντασ δὲ πολλοὺσ ἐν μυχῷ τοῦ σκάφουσ στενοχωρουμένουσ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν πρὸσ ἀλήθειαν χειρόνων πατουμένουσ· (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 48:2)
- αἱ δὲ περὶ τὰσ πράξεισ καὶ τοὺσ ἀγῶνασ κατορθώσεισ ἡδονὰσ ἑτέρασ ἔχουσαι τῶν χειρόνων ἐπιθυμιῶν ἀσχολίαν ποιοῦσι καὶ λήθην ταῖσ πολιτικαῖσ καὶ φιλοτίμοισ φύσεσιν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Lucullus and Cimon, chapter 1 7:1)
- καὶ τῆσ ἄλλησ εὐπειθείασ καὶ πρᾳότητοσ αὐτῶν μέγα τεκμήριον ἡ μνήμη τῶν χειρόνων. (Plutarch, Comparison of Lycurgus and Numa, chapter 3 6:2)
Synonyms
-
the worse advice
