βέλτ-ερος,α,ον,
A.
= βελτίων , poet. Comp. of
ἀγαθός,better, more excellent, Hom. only in neut.,βέλτερόν [ἐστι]it is better, c.inf., Il. 15.511 , 21.485 : c. dat. pers. etinf., Od. 17.18 ;βέλτερον εἰ. . 6.282 , cf. Thgn. 92 , A. Th. 337 , etc.: Sup.
βέλτατος,η,ον, Id. Eu. 487 , Supp. 1054 .