Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χειρότερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χειρότερος χειρότερᾱ χειρότερον

Structure: χειροτερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: epic for xei/rwn, Il., Hes.

Sense

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἤτοι μὲν ταῦτα θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται, αἴ κέ σε χειρότερόσ περ ἐὼν ἀπὸ θυμὸν ἕλωμαι δουρὶ βαλών, ἐπεὶ ἦ καὶ ἐμὸν βέλοσ ὀξὺ πάροιθεν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 20 41:4)

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

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