χείρων
See also: Χείρων
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- χερείων (khereíōn) – Homeric
Etymology
Irregular comparative of κακός (kakós, “bad”), from χερ- + comparative suffix -yων
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰěː.rɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰi.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxi.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçi.ron/
Adjective
χείρων • (kheírōn) m, f (neuter χεῖρον); third declension
- worse in quality, inferior
- (of men) less brave, lower in rank
- (with negative οὐδὲν (oudèn)) no worse: just as good
- 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 97b:
- καὶ ἕως γ’ ἄν που ὀρθὴν δόξαν ἔχῃ περὶ ὧν ὁ ἕτερος ἐπιστήμην, οὐδὲν χείρων ἡγεμὼν ἔσται […] .
- kaì héōs g’ án pou orthḕn dóxan ékhēi perì hôn ho héteros epistḗmēn, oudèn kheírōn hēgemṑn éstai […] .
- And as long as he has the right opinion about what the other man has actual knowledge, he will be no worse a guide […] .
- καὶ ἕως γ’ ἄν που ὀρθὴν δόξαν ἔχῃ περὶ ὧν ὁ ἕτερος ἐπιστήμην, οὐδὲν χείρων ἡγεμὼν ἔσται […] .
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | χείρων kheírōn |
χεῖρον kheîron |
χείρονε kheírone |
χείρονε kheírone |
χείρονες / χείρους kheírones / kheírous |
χείρονᾰ / χείρω kheírona / kheírō | ||||||||
| Genitive | χείρονος kheíronos |
χείρονος kheíronos |
χειρόνοιν kheirónoin |
χειρόνοιν kheirónoin |
χειρόνων kheirónōn |
χειρόνων kheirónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | χείρονῐ kheíroni |
χείρονῐ kheíroni |
χειρόνοιν kheirónoin |
χειρόνοιν kheirónoin |
χείροσῐ / χείροσῐν kheírosi(n) |
χείροσῐ / χείροσῐν kheírosi(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | χείρονᾰ / χείρω kheírona / kheírō |
χεῖρον kheîron |
χείρονε kheírone |
χείρονε kheírone |
χείρονᾰς / χείρους kheíronas / kheírous |
χείρονᾰ / χείρω kheírona / kheírō | ||||||||
| Vocative | χεῖρον kheîron |
χεῖρον kheîron |
χείρονε kheírone |
χείρονε kheírone |
χείρονες / χείρους kheírones / kheírous |
χείρονᾰ / χείρω kheírona / kheírō | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| χεῖρον kheîron |
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Related terms
- χείριστος (kheíristos) – superlative
Further reading
- χείρων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χείρων in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χείρων in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χείρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χείρων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- χείρων in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5501 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Cheiron idem, page 1006.
- decadent idem, page 199.
- degenerate idem, page 206.
- inferior idem, page 437.
- lower idem, page 503.
- may idem, page 519.
- second idem, page 746.
- subordinate idem, page 831.
- worse idem, page 990.
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