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χερείων

chereion · ὁ

meaner, inferior

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What it meant — LSJ

meaner, inferior

Ep. for χείρων, meaner, inferior, in rank, worth, or wealth, κεῖνος δὲ χερείονος ἐκ θεοῦ ἐστιν Il. 20.106, cf. Od. 20.45; τὰ χερείονα νικᾷ Il. 1.576; χερείονά περ καταπεφνών 17.539; in body or mind, ἐπεὶ οὔ ἑθέν ἐστι χ., οὐ δέμας οὐδὲ φυήν, οὔτʼ ἂρ φρένας οὔτε τι ἔργα 1.114, cf. Od. 5.211; rare in Prose, ἄρχεσθαι ὑπὸ χερείονος Democr. 49; opp. κάρρων, Aesar. ap. Stob. 1.49.27.

2 the worse part, amiss

of things, οὔ τι χέρειον ἐν ὥρῃ δεῖπνον ἑλέσθαι ʼtis not the worse part, ʼtwere not amiss, Od. 17.176, cf. 23.262.

II of meaner rank

irreg. forms, dat. χέρηϊ, acc. χέρεια, nom. pl. χέρηες, acc. neut. χέρεια, all used in compar. sense, κρείσσων γὰρ βασιλεύς, ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ with a man of meaner rank, Il. 1.80; οἷά τε τοῖς ἀγαθοῖσι παραδρώωσι χέρηες Od. 15.324; ἐσθλά τε καὶ τὰ χέρεια 18.229, 20.310; ἐσθλὰ μὲν ἐσθλὸς ἔδυνε, χέρεια δὲ χείρονι δόσκον, where ἐσθλὰ ἐσθλός and χέρεια χείρονι are evidently correlative, Il. 14.382; c. gen., υἱὸν . . εἷο χέρεια μάχῃ, ἀγορῇ δὲ ἀμείνω 4.400; οὔ τι χέρεια πατρός Od. 14.176.—χέρεια

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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. χερείων (scan pp. 1676-1677; entry #6552).

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