ἀρείων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ον, gen. ονος, used as Comp. of <b class="b3">ἀγαθός</b>, cf. [[ἄριστος]]: —<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[better]], [[stouter]], [[braver]], in Hom. of all advantages of body, birth, and fortune, <span class="bibl">Il.1.260</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>207</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.101</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>305</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>81</span> (lyr.):—rare in Prose, ἃ ὑμῖν ἄρειον μὴ γνῶναι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 44</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀρείονες, οἱ,</b> a kind of [[snail]] or [[slug]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>10.5</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[better]], [[stronger]], [[nobler]] (Il.)<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[aryoa]] \/<b class="b2">ar-yoh-a</b>\/<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Primary comparative beside superlativ [[ἄριστος]], s. v. - Güntert IF 27, 67 considered <b class="b3">ἀρείων</b>, like <b class="b3">λωΐων</b>, to be not a primary comp. but formed on a positive. Seiler Steigerungsformen 116ff. finds the positive in <b class="b3">ἄρειος</b>, seen in <b class="b3">τεῖχος ἄρειον</b> (Il.), and connects <b class="b3">ἄρος ὄφελος</b> H. The Myc. comp. is formed differently.