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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">better, the best</b> (Il.)<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">βελτίων</b> (posthom.); superlative <b class="b3">βέλτατος</b> (A.), <b class="b3">βέλτιστος</b> (Att.)<br />Dialectal forms: Dor. (Theoc.) <b class="b3">βέντιστος</b> (<b class="b3">λτ</b> > <b class="b3">ντ</b>)<br />Derivatives: From <b class="b3">βελτίων</b> : <b class="b3">βελτιόω</b> (Ph.). - On [[ἀβέλτερος]]s.s.v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [96] <b class="b2">*bel-</b> [[strong]].<br />Etymology: Mostly connected with Skt. <b class="b2">bálam</b> n. [[force]], Lat. <b class="b2">dē-bilis</b> <b class="b2">without power</b>, OCS [[boljьjь]] [[bigger]] etc. But the formation is unclear, notably the <b class="b3">-τ-</b>. Seiler Steigerungsformen 91ff. assumes a <b class="b3">*βελτός</b> [[desired]] > [[better]] (but hardly to <b class="b3">βούλομαι</b> because of the <b class="b3">β-</b>, but cf. Cret. <b class="b3">δέλτον ἀγαθόν</b> Phot.). On <b class="b2">bálam</b> etc. see however the discussion in Mayrhofer EWAia 2, 215 | |etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">better, the best</b> (Il.)<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">βελτίων</b> (posthom.); superlative <b class="b3">βέλτατος</b> (A.), <b class="b3">βέλτιστος</b> (Att.)<br />Dialectal forms: Dor. (Theoc.) <b class="b3">βέντιστος</b> (<b class="b3">λτ</b> > <b class="b3">ντ</b>)<br />Derivatives: From <b class="b3">βελτίων</b> : <b class="b3">βελτιόω</b> (Ph.). - On [[ἀβέλτερος]]s.s.v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [96] <b class="b2">*bel-</b> [[strong]].<br />Etymology: Mostly connected with Skt. <b class="b2">bálam</b> n. [[force]], Lat. <b class="b2">dē-bilis</b> <b class="b2">without power</b>, OCS [[boljьjь]] [[bigger]] etc. But the formation is unclear, notably the <b class="b3">-τ-</b>. Seiler Steigerungsformen 91ff. assumes a <b class="b3">*βελτός</b> [[desired]] > [[better]] (but hardly to <b class="b3">βούλομαι</b> because of the <b class="b3">β-</b>, but cf. Cret. <b class="b3">δέλτον ἀγαθόν</b> Phot.). On <b class="b2">bálam</b> etc. see however the discussion in Mayrhofer EWAia 2, 215 | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=[Prob. from [[same]] Root as [[βούλομαι]].] poet. comp. and superl. of [[ἀγαθός]]<br />[[better]], [[more]] [[excellent]], βέλτερόν [ἐστι] it is [[better]], c. inf., Hom.; in Theogn., Aesch., etc. | |||
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