ἥσσων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἥττων (hḗttōn) — aποιθλtt

Etymology

Comparative, possibly from the adverb ἦκα (êka, “slightly”) +‎ -ίων (-íōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ːs.sɔːn/ → /ˈis.son/ → /ˈi.son/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ːs.sɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝s.son/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈis.son/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈis.son/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.son/

Adjective

ἥσσων • (hḗssōn) m or f (neuter ἧσσον); third declension

1. comparative degree of κακός (kakós): worse

Inflection

Third declension of ἥσσων; ἧσσον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “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.
  • below idem, page 73.
  • beneath idem, page 73.
  • decadent idem, page 199.
  • inferior idem, page 437.
  • less idem, page 485.
  • lower idem, page 503.
  • second idem, page 746.
  • secondary idem, page 747.
  • slave idem, page 782.
  • subordinate idem, page 831.
  • under idem, page 912.
  • worse idem, page 990.