ἐλάσσ-ων,
Attic dialect ἐλάττων, ον, genitive ονος: superlative ἐλάχιστος (which see): — smaller, less, formed from ἐλαχύς (which see), but serving as comparative to μικρός, δουρηνεκὲς ἢ καὶ ἔλασσον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.357 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τοὔλασσον ἔχειν to have the worse, be worse off, πάντῃ [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 269; οὐδὲν ἔλασσον ἔχειν τῇ μάχῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.102; ἔ. ἔχειν παρά τινι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.187; ἐλάττων γίγνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 441, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.29; οὐκ ἐλάσσονα πάσχειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 813 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἐλάττω νομίσας τὴν ἀρχὴν ἢ κατὰ τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν εἶναι too small for.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 11.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, too small, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 23.9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; below the average in height, [[ PLips. 1.9, etc. ] Refs]
__2 with genitive person, worse than, inferior to, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 599, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: but with genitive of things, giving way to, subservient to, σιτίων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 5.8; πάθους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Coriolanus” 34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, worse, inferior, τόποι [[ “Geoponica” 2.48.1. ] Refs]
__3 neuter with Preps., περὶ ἐλάσσονος ποιεῖσθαι to consider of less account, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.6; ἐν ἐλάττονι θέσθαι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.6.12; παρ᾽ ἔλαττον τοῦ δέοντος ἡγεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 546d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἔλαττον (i.e. ἁρμοσθῆναι) [[ [prev. author] “Phd.” 93b ] Refs]; δι᾽ ἐλάσσονος at less distance, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.4; πάντ᾽ ἐν ἐλάττονι ποιεῖσθαι τῆς ἡδονῆς 4th c.BC: Heraclides Ponticus Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.537c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]