κρείττων
προγράψαντες οὖν τά τε θεωρήματα καὶ τὰ ἐπιτάγματα τὰ χρεῖαν ἔχοντα εἰς τὰς ἀποδείξιας αὐτῶν μετὰ ταῦτα γραψοῦμές τοι τὰ προκείμενα → having therefore written at the beginning the theorems and the postulates that are necessary for their proofs, we will then write out for you the propositions
French (Bailly abrégé)
att. c. κρείσσων.
English (Strong)
comparative of a derivative of κράτος; stronger, i.e. (figuratively) better, i.e. nobler: best, better.
English (Thayer)
and (T Tr WH L text κρείττων); L T Tr WH κρείσσων; see WH's Appendix, p. 148f; cf. Sigma) κρείσσων, κρεισσονος, neuter κρεισσονου (comparitive of κρατύς, see κράτιστος, cf. Kühner, i., p. 436; (Buttmann, 27 (24))) (from Homer down), better; i. e.
a. more useful, more serviceable: R G; πολλῷ μᾶλλον, added, μᾶλλον, 1b.); κρεῖσσον (adverb) ποιεῖν, κρεῖττον ἐστιν, it is more advantageous, followed by an infinitive, Buttmann, 217 (188); Winer s Grammar, § 41a. 2 a).
b. more excellent: κρεῖττον, followed by an infinitive, 1 Peter 3:17.
