ἀμείνων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀμείνον, gen. ονος, irreg. Comp. of [[ἀγαθός]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[better]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[stouter]], [[stronger]], [[braver]], freq. Hom., etc.: μέγ' ἀ. Il.22.158; πολλὸν ἀ. Hes.''Op.''19: c. acc. vel inf., ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετάς, ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι Il.15.641, cf. Hes.''Op.''445, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''337, etc.; [[οἱ ἀμείνονες]] = [[the better sort]], Pl.''Lg.''627a.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, ὀμίχλην νυκτὸς ἀμείνω Il.3.11; esp. from Hom. downwds., [[ἄμεινον]], [[ἄμεινόν ἐστι]] = [[it is better]], either c. inf., ἐπεὶ πείθεσθαι ἄμεινον Il.1.274, cf. S.''El.''1238, etc.; or [[ἄμεινόν ἐστι]] or <b class="b3">γίγνεταί τινι</b> c. part., <b class="b3">εἴ σφι ἄμεινον γίγνεται τιμωρέουσι</b> [[if it is good for them to assist]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.169, cf. Th.1.118, 6.9: abs., εἰ τό γ' ἄμεινον Il.1.116; βουλοίμην . . εἴ τι ἄμεινον καὶ ὑμῖν καὶ ἐμοί Pl.''Ap.''19a; freq. with neg., [[οὐ γὰρ ἄμεινον]] = [['twere better not]], Hes.''Op.''750, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.187; εἰρήσεται γάρ, εἴτ' ἄμεινον εἴτε μή D.21.198.<br><span class="bld">2</span> neut. as adverb, <b class="b3">ἄμεινον πρήσσειν</b> to [[fare better]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.156 sq., etc.; <b class="b3">συνήνεικεν Ἀθηναίοις ἐπὶ τὸ ἄμεινον</b> Decr. ap. And.1.77, cf. Orac. ap. D.43.86; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀμείνω φρονέειν</b> [[choose the better part]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.145; τοῖσι τὰ ἀμείνω ἑάνδανε Id.9.19.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ἀμεινόνως]] Ar.''Fr.''340.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> new Comp. [[ἀμεινότερος]], α, ον, formed from [[ἀμείνων]], Mimn.14.9, Poet. ap. Phld. ''Rh.''2.61S.<