ἀμείνων
ὑποκατακλίνομαι τοῦ εὶς πλέον ἐναντιοῦσθαι → desist from further opposition;
English (LSJ)
ον, gen. ονος, irreg. Comp. of ἀγαθός,
A better: I 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, A.Pr.337, etc.; οἱ ἀμείνονες the better sort, Pl.Lg.627a. II of things, ὀμίχλην νυκτὸς ἀμείνω Il.3.11; esp. from Hom. downwds., ἄμεινόν [ἐστι] 'tis better, either c. inf., ἐπεὶ πείθεσθαι ἄ. Il.1.274, cf. S.El.1238, etc.; or ἄμεινόν ἐστι or γίγνεταί τινι c. part., εἴ σφι ἄμεινον γίγνεται τιμωρέουσι if it is good for them to assist, Hdt.7.169, cf. Th.1.118, 6.9: abs., εἰ τό γ' ἄ. Il.1.116; βουλοίμην . . εἴ τι ἄ. καὶ ὑμῖν καὶ ἐμοί Pl.Ap.19a; freq. with neg., οὐ γὰρ ἄ. 'twere better not, Hes.Op.750, Hdt.1.187; εἰρήσεται γάρ, εἴτ' ἄ. εἴτε μή D.21.198. 2 neut. as Adv., ἄ. πρήσσειν to fare better, Hdt.4.156 sq., etc.; συνήνεικεν Ἀθηναίοις ἐπὶ τὸ ἄ. Decr. ap. And.1.77, cf. Orac. ap. D.43.86; τὰ ἀμείνω φρονέειν choose the better part, Hdt.7.145; τοῖσι τὰ ἀ. ἑάνδανε Id.9.19. III Adv. ἀμεινόνως Ar.Fr.340. IV new Comp. ἀμεινότερος, α, ον, formed from ἀμείνων, Mimn.14.9, Poet. ap. Phld. Rh.2.61S.<
