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βελτίων

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βελτίων βελτίων βέλτιον

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

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Examples

  • ἐὰν δὲ καταβοσκήσῃ τισ ἀγρὸν ἢ ἀμπελῶνα καὶ ἀφῇ τὸ κτῆνοσ αὐτοῦ καταβοσκῆσαι ἀγρὸν ἕτερον, ἀποτίσει ἐκ τοῦ ἀγροῦ αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὸ γέννημα αὐτοῦ. ἐὰν δὲ πάντα τὸν ἀγρὸν καταβοσκήσῃ, τὰ βέλτιστα τοῦ ἀγροῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰ βέλτιστα τοῦ ἀμπελῶνοσ αὐτοῦ ἀποτίσει. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 22:5)
  • γένη δὲ ἂν εἰή πρὸσ τὰ ἔργα βέλτιστα μήτε δειλὰ μήτε ἀνδρῖα ἄγαν. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 30:1)
  • φησὶν δ’ ὑμᾶσ πολλὰ διδάξειν ἀγάθ’, ὥστ’ εὐδαίμονασ εἶναι, οὐ θωπεύων οὐδ’ ὑποτείνων μισθοὺσ οὐδ’ ἐξαπατύλλων, οὐδὲ πανουργῶν οὐδὲ κατάρδων, ἀλλὰ τὰ βέλτιστα διδάσκων. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parabasis, parabasis15)
  • καὶ τὴν δρῶσαν τήν <τ’> ἀγορεύουσαν τὰ βέλτιστα περὶ τὸν δῆμον τὸν Ἀθηναίων καὶ τὸν τῶν γυναικῶν ταύτην νικᾶν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Parodos, prologue3)

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