ἀμείνων,ον, gen.ονος, irreg. Comp. of
ἀγαθός,
A. better:
I. of persons,stouter, stronger, braver,freq. Hom. , etc.: μέγ' ἀ.
Il. 22.158
; πολλὸν ἀ.
Hes. Op. 19
: c. acc. velinf., ἀμείνων παντοίας ἀρετάς, ἠμὲν πόδας ἠδὲ μάχεσθαι
Il. 15.641
, cf. Hes. Op. 445 , A. Pr. 337 , etc.;Ο<>̔ ἀμείνονες the better sort,
Pl. Lg. 627a .
II. of things, ὀμίχλην νυκτὸς ἀμείνω
Il. 3.11
; esp. from Hom. downwds.,ἄμεινόν [ἐστι] 'tis better,either c.inf., ἐπεὶ πείθεσθαι ἄ.
Il. 1.274
, cf. S. El. 1238 , etc.; orἄμεινόν ἐστιorγίγνεταί τινιc.part.,εἴ σφι ἄμεινον γίγνεται τιμωρέουσιifit is goodfor them to assist, Hdt. 7.169 , cf. Th. 1.118 , 6.9 : abs., εἰ τό γ' ἄ.