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ἀμείνων

ameinon

[adj

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What it meant

1. ἀμείνων · ameinōn — Beekes

ἀμείνων [adj.] “better, stronger, more advantageous’ (IL). «Ὁ» *ETYM No etymology. Attic proper names with Ajtetv- are supposed to show that the -et- is a real diphthong, so it does not derive from *d&teviwv. DELG therefore remarks that the word could be an old positive. Seiler 1950: 120 assumed *d-pEtviwv, from *\uvdic with privative a-; this is improbable. Note that a root *h.mein- would violate the IE root … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀμείνων, p. 133]

2. ἀμείνων · ameinōn — Chantraine

ἀμείνων, -ovoc : «qui vaut mieux», notardtnent dans des tours comitie 1]. 1,274, ἐπεὶ πείθεσθαι ἄμεινον, ou Hdt. 4,156 sqq. ἄμεινον πρήσσειν. Lorsqu'il s'agit de personnes: on a souvent la nuance implicite de « plus fort », cf. Il. 15,641 ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετὰς ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι. C'est l'un des comparatifs de ἀγαθός chez Hom. et en ion.-att., prose ou poésie. Mais le grec tardif ἣρ l'emploie plus, et il ne se … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀμείνων, p. 88]

3. ἀμείνων · ameinōn — Frisk

ἀμείνων “besser, tüchtiger, vorteilhafter’ (alt und häufig). Enthält echtes εἰ, somit nicht aus *äueriwr. Unerklärt. Nach Osthoff MU 6, 303ff. aus einem Neutrum ἄμεινον, d.h. α privativum + Subst. Ἐμεῖνον Minderung’ hervorgegangen, das als Komparativ umgedeutet und als Komparativ flektiert worden wäre. Seiler Steigerungsformen 120, wo weitere Lit., führt ἀμείνων auf *a-uewiwr, zu *uwds, zurück. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀμείνων, p. 121]

4. ἀμείνων · ameinōn — LSJ

better

better:

I stouter, stronger, braver, the better sort

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 ʼtis better, it is good, better

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.

2 better, better part

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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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀμείνων (scan p. 133; entry #448).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀμείνων (scan p. 88; entry #470).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀμείνων (scan p. 121; entry #436).

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