ἥσσων
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- ἥττων (hḗttōn) — aποιθλtt
Etymology
editComparative, possibly from the adverb ἦκα (êka, “slightly”) + -ίων (-íōn).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛ̌ːs.sɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)e̝s.son/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈis.son/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈis.son/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.son/
Adjective
editἥσσων • (hḗssōn) m or f (neuter ἧσσον); third declension
- comparative degree of κακός (kakós): worse
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἥσσων hḗssōn |
ἧσσον hêsson |
ἥσσονε hḗssone |
ἥσσονε hḗssone |
ἥσσονες / ἥσσους hḗssones / hḗssous |
ἥσσονᾰ / ἥσσω hḗssona / hḗssō | ||||||||
Genitive | ἥσσονος hḗssonos |
ἥσσονος hḗssonos |
ἡσσόνοιν hēssónoin |
ἡσσόνοιν hēssónoin |
ἡσσόνων hēssónōn |
ἡσσόνων hēssónōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἥσσονῐ hḗssoni |
ἥσσονῐ hḗssoni |
ἡσσόνοιν hēssónoin |
ἡσσόνοιν hēssónoin |
ἥσσοσῐ / ἥσσοσῐν hḗssosi(n) |
ἥσσοσῐ / ἥσσοσῐν hḗssosi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἥσσονᾰ / ἥσσω hḗssona / hḗssō |
ἧσσον hêsson |
ἥσσονε hḗssone |
ἥσσονε hḗssone |
ἥσσονᾰς / ἥσσους hḗssonas / hḗssous |
ἥσσονᾰ / ἥσσω hḗssona / hḗssō | ||||||||
Vocative | ἧσσον hêsson |
ἧσσον hêsson |
ἥσσονε hḗssone |
ἥσσονε hḗssone |
ἥσσονες / ἥσσους hḗssones / hḗssous |
ἥσσονᾰ / ἥσσω hḗssona / hḗssō | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἧσσον hêsson |
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Further reading
edit- “ἥσσων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἥσσων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἥσσων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἥσσων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἥσσων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.