better
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. ἀμείνων, βελτίων. κρείσσων, καλλίων, V. λῴων (P. rare), φέρτερος, ὑπέρτερος.
be better in health, v.: ῥαΐζειν.
adverb
P. and V. ἄμεινον, βέλτιον, κρεῖσσον, κάλλιον, V. λῷον.
more, rather: P. and V. μᾶλλον.
think better of: see reconsider, repent.
think better of it: V. φρόνησιν… λῴω… λαβεῖν (Sophocles, Philoctetes 1078).
gel the better: P. and V. νικᾶν, κρατεῖν. P. περιέχειν, ὑπερέχειν.
get the better of: P. πλεονεκτεῖν (gen.), πλέον φέρεσθαι (gen.); see excel, conquer.
if they listen to our representations so much the better: P. ἢν μὲν εἰσακούσωσί τι πρεσβευομένων ἡμῶν ταῦτα ἄριστα (Thuc. 1, 82).
all the better: P. τοσούτῳ ἄμεινον.
verb transitive
improve: P. and V. ἐξορθοῦν, Ar. and P. ἐπανορθοῦν.
excel: P. and V. κρατεῖν. ὑπερβάλλειν. ὑπερφέρειν (gen.); see excel.
