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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀμείνων]], [[βελτίων]]. [[κρείσσων]], [[καλλίων]], [[verse|V.]] [[λῴων]] ([[prose|P.]] rare), [[φέρτερος]], [[ὑπέρτερος]].

[[better in health]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ῥᾴων]].

[[be better in health]], v.: [[ῥαΐζειν]].

===adverb===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἄμεινον]], [[βέλτιον]], [[κρεῖσσον]], [[κάλλιον]], [[verse|V.]] [[λῷον]].

[[more]], [[rather]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μᾶλλον]].

[[think better of]]: see [[reconsider]], [[repent]].

[[think better of it]]: [[verse|V.]] [[φρόνησιν… λῴω… λαβεῖν]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 1078).

[[gel the better]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[νικᾶν]], [[κρατεῖν]]. [[prose|P.]] [[περιέχειν]], [[ὑπερέχειν]].

[[get the better of]]: [[prose|P.]] [[πλεονεκτεῖν]] (gen.), [[πλέον φέρεσθαι]] (gen.); see [[excel]], [[conquer]].

[[if they listen to our representations so much the better]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἢν μὲν εἰσακούσωσί τι πρεσβευομένων ἡμῶν ταῦτα ἄριστα]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 1, 82).

[[all the better]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τοσούτῳ ἄμεινον]].

===verb transitive===

[[improve]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξορθοῦν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπανορθοῦν]].

[[excel]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κρατεῖν]]. [[ὑπερβάλλειν]]. [[ὑπερφέρειν]] (gen.); see [[excel]].
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