ἀμείνων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, gen. ονος, irreg. Comp. of <b class="b3">ἀγαθός</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">better:</b> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of persons, <b class="b2">stouter, stronger, braver</b>, freq. Hom., etc.: μέγ' ἀ. <span class="bibl">Il.22.158</span>; πολλὸν ἀ. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>19</span>: c. acc. vel inf., ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετάς, ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.15.641</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>445</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>337</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ ἀμείνονες</b> <b class="b2">the better sort</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>627a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of things, ὀμίχλην νυκτὸς ἀμείνω <span class="bibl">Il.3.11</span>; esp. from Hom. downwds., <b class="b3">ἄμεινόν [ἐστι]</b> <b class="b2">'tis better</b>, either c. inf., ἐπεὶ πείθεσθαι ἄ. <span class="bibl">Il.1.274</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1238</span>, etc.; or <b class="b3">ἄμεινόν ἐστι</b> or <b class="b3">γίγνεταί τινι</b> c. part., <b class="b3">εἴ σφι ἄμεινον γίγνεται τιμωρέουσι</b> if <b class="b2">it is good</b> for them to assist, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.169</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.118</span>, <span class="bibl">6.9</span>: abs., εἰ τό γ' ἄ. <span class="bibl">Il.1.116</span>; βουλοίμην . . εἴ τι ἄ. καὶ ὑμῖν καὶ ἐμοί <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>19a</span>; freq. with neg., <b class="b3">οὐ γὰρ ἄ</b>. 'twere <b class="b2">better</b> not, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>750</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.187</span>; εἰρήσεται γάρ, εἴτ' ἄ. εἴτε μή <span class="bibl">D.21.198</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> neut. as Adv., <b class="b3">ἄ. πρήσσειν</b> to fare <b class="b2">better</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.156</span> sq., etc.; <b class="b3">συνήνεικεν Ἀθηναίοις ἐπὶ τὸ ἄ</b>. Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">And.1.77</span>, cf. Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">D.43.86</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀμείνω φρονέειν</b> choose the <b class="b2">better part</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.145</span>; τοῖσι τὰ ἀ. ἑάνδανε <span class="bibl">Id.9.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. ἀμεινόνως <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>340</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> new Comp. <b class="b3">ἀμεινότερος, α, ον,</b> formed from <b class="b3">ἀμείνων</b>, <span class="bibl">Mimn.14.9</span>, Poet. ap. Phld. <span class="title">Rh.</span>2.61S.&lt;</span>