βέλτερος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bel- (strong) (perhaps via an unattested *βελτός (*beltós, desired), per Seiler) + -τερος (-teros). Cognates include Sanskrit बल (bala), Latin dēbilis, and Old Church Slavonic бол҄ии (bolʹii).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

βέλτερος • (bélterosm (feminine βελτέρη, neuter βέλτερον); first/second declension

  1. Epic form of βελτίων (beltíōn, better): comparative degree of ἀγαθός (agathós)

Declension

  • βέλτατος (béltatos) (superlative)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βέλτερος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 210