ἥσσων
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Comparative, possibly from the adverb ἦκα (êka, “slightly”) + -ίων (-íōn).
Pronunciation
- (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
ἥσσων • (hḗssōn) m or f (neuter ἧσσον); third declension
Inflection
| 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 hḗssonă / hḗssō | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἥσσονος hḗssonos |
ἥσσονος hḗssonos |
ἡσσόνοιν hēssónoin |
ἡσσόνοιν hēssónoin |
ἡσσόνων hēssónōn |
ἡσσόνων hēssónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἥσσονῐ hḗssonĭ |
ἥσσονῐ hḗssonĭ |
ἡσσόνοιν hēssónoin |
ἡσσόνοιν hēssónoin |
ἥσσοσῐ / ἥσσοσῐν hḗssosĭ(n) |
ἥσσοσῐ / ἥσσοσῐν hḗssosĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἥσσονᾰ / ἥσσω hḗssonă / hḗssō |
ἧσσον hêsson |
ἥσσονε hḗssone |
ἥσσονε hḗssone |
ἥσσονᾰς / ἥσσους hḗssonăs / hḗssous |
ἥσσονᾰ / ἥσσω hḗssonă / hḗssō | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἧσσον hêsson |
ἧσσον hêsson |
ἥσσονε hḗssone |
ἥσσονε hḗssone |
ἥσσονες / ἥσσους hḗssones / hḗssous |
ἥσσονᾰ / ἥσσω hḗssonă / hḗssō | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἧσσον hêsson |
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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.