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|Definition=[[ἧσσον]], gen. ονος; Att. [[ἥττων]], Ion. [[ἥσσων]] (not [[ἕσσων]]) Hdt. (v. infr.), Democr.50, Hp.''VC''2: formed from [[ἦκα]] (prop. <b class="b3">ἠσσ-</b>, cf. [[ἤκιστος]]), but in sense Comp. of [[κακός]], [[μικρός]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> c. gen. pers., [[inferior]]; especially in force, [[weaker]], αἴθ' ὅσον ἥ. εἰμὶ τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην Il.16.722; of horses, 23.322, al.; ῥώμῃ ἥσσονες τῶν Περσέων Hdt.8 113, cf. 9.62; γυναικῶν ἥσσονες S.''Ant.''680; Κύπριδος E.''Andr.''631; <b class="b3">ἔς τι</b> in a thing, Hdt.3.102: c. inf. modi, <b class="b3">ἥσς. τινὸς θέειν</b> [[not so good]] at running, ib.105; <b class="b3">οὐδενὸς ἥσς. γνῶναι</b> [[second]] to none in judging, Th.2.60; <b class="b3">ἱππεύειν ἥττ. τῶν ἡλίκων</b> [[inferior]] to them in riding, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]'' 1.3.15.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., <b class="b3">οἱ ἥσς</b>. [[the weaker party]], A.''Supp.''203, 489; <b class="b3">οὐχ ἥσσους γενέσθαι</b> to have the best of it, Th.4.72; <b class="b3">τὸ λαμβάνειν τὰ τῶν ἡττ</b>. X.''An.''5.6.32: c. dat. modi, ἥσσονες ναυμαχίῃ Hdt.5.86: c. acc. modi, <b class="b3">τὸν νοῦν ἥσς</b>. S.''El.''1023, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.4.4; of things, <b class="b3">τὸν ἥττω λόγον κρείττω ποιεῖν</b> 'to make [[the worse]] appear the better cause', Pl.''Ap.''18b, cf. Ar.''Nu.''114: pl., <b class="b3">οἱ ἥττους λόγοι</b> ib.1042, Isoc.15.15; τὸ ἧσς. ἀδικία νέμεις E.''Supp.''379 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[less]], [[fewer]], ἵνα πλείω μὲν ἀκούωμεν, ἥττονα δὲ λέγωμεν Zeno Stoic.1.68.<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. gen. rei, [[giving way]] or [[yielding to]] a thing, a slave to.., <b class="b3">τοῦ τῆσδ' ἔρωτος εἰς ἅπανθ' ἥσς</b>. S.''Tr.''489; τῶν αἰσχρῶν Id.''Ant.''747; ὀργῆς Id.''Fr.''929; γάμων E.''IA''1354; κέρδους Ar.''Pl.''363; ἡδονῶν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 353c; γαστρὸς ἢ οἴνου ἢ ἀφροδισίων ἢ πόνου ἢ ὕπνου [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.5.1; χρημάτων Democr. [[l.c.]], Theopomp.Hist.121: generally, [[unable to resist]], τοῦ πεπρωμένου E.''Hel.''1660; νόσων καὶ γήρως Lys.2.78; <b class="b3">οἱ ἥττους τῶν πόνων [ἵπποι]</b> X.''Eq.Mag.''1.3, 2.78.<br><span class="bld">III</span> neut. [[ἧσσον]], [[ἧττον]], as adverb, [[less]], ὀλίγον δέ τί μ' ἧσς. ἐτίμα Od.15.365, cf. E.''Hipp.''264 (anap.); ἧσσόν τι Th. 3.75; ἧσς. ἑτέρων Id.1.84; <b class="b3">ὁμοίως τε τρωθεὶς καὶ ἧσς</b>. Hp.l.c.: mostly with Verbs, but also with Adjs., ἀριστοκρατίαι.. αἱ μὲν ἧττ., αἱ δὲ μᾶλλον μόνιμοι Arist.''Pol.''1307a14, cf. ''Mete.''340b8: with a Comp., ἧττ. ἀκριβέστερον Id.''Pr.''957b8; ἧττ. εὐληπτοτέραν D.H.3.43 codd.: with neg., <b class="b3">οὐχ ἧσς., οὐδ' ἧσς</b>., not a whit [[less]], [[just as much]], A.''Ch.''181, 708, Th.1.8; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἧσς., μηδὲν ἧσς</b>., [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''276, 1329; for <b class="b3">τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττ</b>., v. [[μάλα]].