Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀμείνων

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀμείνων

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

Sense

  1. better, abler, stronger, braver
  2. better, fitter

Examples

  • ἐσχάτησ ἀδικίασ τὸ τοιοῦτον, ὡσ φαῖεν ἂν καὶ οἱ ἄριστοι τῶν νομοθετῶν, οἱο͂ν ὁ Σόλων καὶ ὁ Δράκων, ἔνορκον ποιησάμενοι τοῖσ δικασταῖσ τὸ ὁμοίωσ ἀμφοῖν ἀκροᾶσθαι καὶ τὸ τὴν εὔνοιαν ἴσην τοῖσ κρινομένοισ ἀπονέμειν, ἄχρι ἂν ὁ τοῦ δευτέρου λόγοσ παρατεθεὶσ θατέρου χείρων ἢ ἀμείνων φανῇ· (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 8:4)
  • καὶ μὰ τὸν Δί’ οὐδέτεροσ αὐτῶν ἀμείνων ἦν. (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 4:5)
  • δῆλον γὰρ ὡσ καθ̓ ἕνα τε καὶ συνάμα πάντων συνειλεγμένων μόνοσ αὐτὸσ ἀμείνων ἂν ἦσθα. (Lucian, Harmonides 8:4)
  • πῶσ ἀμείνων ὁ σίδηροσ χρυσίου; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 12:12)
  • ἀμείνων δὲ καὶ μουσικόσ, οἶμαι, τοῦ διακρίνειν ῥυθμοὺσ καὶ ἁρμονίασ ἐπισταμένου ὁ καὶ ψᾶλαι καὶ κιθαρίσαι αὐτὸσ δυνάμενοσ. (Lucian, (no name) 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. better

  2. better

Related

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

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