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ἀμείνων

ameinon

better

Appears 219 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀμείνων, ον, gen. ονος, irreg. Comp. of ἀγαθός, A. better: I. of persons, stouter, stronger, braver, freq. Hom., etc.: μέγʼ ἀ. Il. 22.158; πολλὸν ἀ. Hes. Op. 19: c. acc. vel inf., ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετάς, ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι Il. 15.641, cf. Hes. Op. 445, A. Pr. 337, etc.; οἱ ἀμείνονες the better sort, Pl. Lg. 627a. II. of things, ὀμίχλην νυκτὸς ἀμείνω Il. 3.11; esp. from Hom. downwds., ἄμεινόν [ἐστι] ʼtis better, either c. inf., ἐπεὶ πείθεσθαι ἄ. Il. 1.274, cf. S. El. 1238, etc.; or ἄμεινόν ἐστι or γίγνεταί τινι c. part., εἴ σφι ἄμεινον γίγνεται τιμωρέουσι if it is good for them to assist, Hdt. 7.169, cf. Th. 1.118, 6.9: abs., εἰ τό γʼ ἄ. Il. 1.116; βουλοίμην . . εἴ τι ἄ. καὶ ὑμῖν καὶ ἐμοί Pl. Ap. 19a; freq. with neg., οὐ γὰρ ἄ. ʼtwere better not, Hes. Op. 750, Hdt. 1.187; εἰρήσεται γάρ, εἴτʼ ἄ. εἴτε μή D. 21.198. 2. neut. as Adv., ἄ. πρήσσειν to fare better, Hdt. 4.156 sq., etc.; συνήνεικεν Ἀθηναίοις ἐπὶ τὸ ἄ. Decr. ap. And. 1.77, cf. Orac. ap. D. 43.86; τὰ ἀμείνω φρονέειν choose the better part, Hdt. 7.145; τοῖσι τὰ ἀ. ἑάνδανε Id. 9.19. III. Adv. ἀμεινόνως Ar. Fr. 340. IV. new Comp. ἀμεινότερος, α, ον, formed from ἀμείνων, Mimn. 14.9, Poet. ap. Phld. Rh. 2.61S.
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