ἥσσων,
ἧσσον, genitive ονος; Attic dialect ἥττων, Ionic dialect ἥσσων (not ἕσσων) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus (see. below), 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 50, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλη—ͅ τρωμάτων” 2: formed from ἦκα (properly ἠσσ-, compare ἤκιστος), but in sense _comparative_ of κακός, μικρός] Refs 5th c.BC+]:
__I with genitive person, inferior; especially in force, weaker, αἴθ᾽ ὅσον ἥ. εἰμὶ τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.722 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of horses, [[ 23.322, +others] Refs]; ῥώμῃ ἥσσονες τῶν Περσέων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8 113, compare 9.62; γυναικῶν ἥσσονες 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 680; Κύπριδος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 631 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔς τι in a thing, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.102: with ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive modi, ἥσς. τινὸς θέειν not so good at running, [[[prev. work] 105 ] Refs]; οὐδενὸς ἥσς. γνῶναι second to none in judging, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.60 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱππεύειν ἥττ. τῶν ἡλίκων inferior to them in riding, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 absolutely, οἱ ἥσς. the weaker party, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 203, 489 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐχ ἥσσους γενέσθαι to have the best of it, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.72 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ λαμβάνειν τὰ τῶν ἡττ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.32: with _dative_ modi, ἥσσονες ναυμαχίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.86: with _accusative_ modi, τὸν νοῦν ἥσς. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1023, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, τὸν ἥττω λόγον κρείττω ποιεῖν 'to make the worse appear the better cause', [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 18b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 114: _plural_, οἱ ἥττους λόγοι [prev. work] 1042, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 15.15; τὸ ἧσς. ἀδικία νέμεις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 379 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]