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|Definition=ἧσσον, gen. ονος; Att. ἥττων, Ion. ἥσσων (not [[ἕσσων]]) Hdt. (v. infr.), <span class="bibl">Democr.50</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>2</span>: formed from [[ἦκα]] (prop. <b class="b3">ἠσσ-</b>, cf. [[ἤκιστος]]), but in sense Comp. of [[κακός]], [[μικρός]]: <span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> c. gen. pers., [[inferior]]; especially in force, [[weaker]], αἴθ' ὅσον ἥ. εἰμὶ τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην <span class="bibl">Il.16.722</span>; of horses, <span class="bibl">23.322</span>, al.; ῥώμῃ ἥσσονες τῶν Περσέων <span class="bibl">Hdt.8</span> <span class="bibl">113</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.62</span>; γυναικῶν ἥσσονες <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>680</span>; Κύπριδος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>631</span>; <b class="b3">ἔς τι</b> in a thing, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.102</span>: c. inf. modi, <b class="b3">ἥσς. τινὸς θέειν</b> [[not so good]] at running, ib.<span class="bibl">105</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδενὸς ἥσς. γνῶναι</b> [[second]] to none in judging, <span class="bibl">Th.2.60</span>; <b class="b3">ἱππεύειν ἥττ. τῶν ἡλίκων</b> [[inferior]] to them in riding, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span> 1.3.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> abs., <b class="b3">οἱ ἥσς</b>. [[the weaker party]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>203</span>, <span class="bibl">489</span>; <b class="b3">οὐχ ἥσσους γενέσθαι</b> to have the best of it, <span class="bibl">Th.4.72</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ λαμβάνειν τὰ τῶν ἡττ</b>. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.6.32</span>: c. dat. modi, ἥσσονες ναυμαχίῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.86</span>: c. acc. modi, <b class="b3">τὸν νοῦν ἥσς</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1023</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.4</span>; of things, <b class="b3">τὸν ἥττω λόγον κρείττω ποιεῖν</b> 'to make [[the worse]] appear the better cause', <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>18b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>114</span>: pl., <b class="b3">οἱ ἥττους λόγοι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1042</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.15.15</span>; τὸ ἧσς. ἀδικία νέμεις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>379</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[less]], [[fewer]], ἵνα πλείω μὲν ἀκούωμεν, ἥττονα δὲ λέγωμεν Zeno Stoic.1.68. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> c. gen. rei, [[giving way]] or [[yielding to]] a thing, <b class="b2">a slave to . .</b>, <b class="b3">τοῦ τῆσδ' ἔρωτος εἰς ἅπανθ' ἥσς</b>. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>489</span>; τῶν αἰσχρῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>747</span>; ὀργῆς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>929</span>; γάμων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1354</span>; κέρδους <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>363</span>; ἡδονῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>353c</span>; γαστρὸς ἢ οἴνου ἢ ἀφροδισίων ἢ πόνου ἢ ὕπνου <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.5.1</span>; χρημάτων Democr. [[l.c.]], <span class="bibl">Theopomp.Hist.121</span>: generally, [[unable to resist]], τοῦ πεπρωμένου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1660</span>; νόσων καὶ γήρως <span class="bibl">Lys.2.78</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ ἥττους τῶν πόνων [ἵπποι</b>] <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">2.78</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> neut. [[ἧσσον]], [[ἧττον]], as adverb, [[less]], ὀλίγον δέ τί μ' ἧσς. ἐτίμα <span class="bibl">Od.15.365</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>264</span> (anap.); ἧσσόν τι <span class="bibl">Th. 3.75</span>; ἧσς. ἑτέρων <span class="bibl">Id.1.84</span>; <b class="b3">ὁμοίως τε τρωθεὶς καὶ ἧσς</b>. Hp.l.c.: mostly with Verbs, but also with Adjs., ἀριστοκρατίαι . . αἱ μὲν ἧττ., αἱ δὲ μᾶλλον μόνιμοι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1307a14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mete.</span>340b8</span>: with a Comp., ἧττ. ἀκριβέστερον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>957b8</span>; ἧττ. εὐληπτοτέραν <span class="bibl">D.H.3.43</span> codd.: with neg., <b class="b3">οὐχ ἧσς., οὐδ' ἧσς</b>., not a whit [[less]], [[just as much]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>181</span>, <span class="bibl">708</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.8</span>; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν ἧσς., μηδὲν ἧσς</b>., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>276</span>, <span class="bibl">1329</span>; for <b class="b3">τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττ</b>., v. [[μάλα]].</span>