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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[simple]], [[stupid]] (Ar.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Perhaps from <b class="b3">βέλτερος</b> originally <b class="b2">morally good</b>, then <b class="b2">too good, simple</b>, with unclear prefix (Wackernagel GGN (1902) 745ff.; cf. Fraenkel Glotta 20, 94. Differently Osthoff MU 6, 177, Hatzidakis Glotta 11, 175f.)
|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[simple]], [[stupid]] (Ar.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Perhaps from <b class="b3">βέλτερος</b> originally <b class="b2">morally good</b>, then <b class="b2">too good, simple</b>, with unclear prefix (Wackernagel GGN (1902) 745ff.; cf. Fraenkel Glotta 20, 94. Differently Osthoff MU 6, 177, Hatzidakis Glotta 11, 175f.)
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|mdlsjtxt=<br />[[good]] for [[nothing]], [[silly]], [[stupid]], [[fatuous]], Ar., etc.;—Sup. -ώτατος, Ar.
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