"χείρων" meaning in Ancient Greek

See χείρων in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kʰěː.rɔːn/, /ˈçi.ron/, /ˈçi.ron/, /kʰěː.rɔːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkʰi.ron/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈçi.ron/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈçi.ron/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈçi.ron/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Suppletive comparative of κακός (kakós, “bad”), from χερ- (kher-) + comparative suffix -ίων (-íōn) Etymology templates: {{af|grc|-ίων|id1=comparative}} -ίων (-íōn) Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|χεῖρον|deg=comp}} Forms: kheírōn [romanization], χεῖρον [neuter], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], χείρων [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], χεῖρον [neuter, nominative, singular], χείρονε [dual, feminine, masculine, nominative], χείρονε [dual, neuter, nominative], χείρονες [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], χείρους [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], χείρονᾰ [neuter, nominative, plural], χείρω [neuter, nominative, plural], χείρονος [feminine, genitive, masculine, singular], χείρονος [genitive, neuter, singular], χειρόνοιν [dual, feminine, genitive, masculine], χειρόνοιν [dual, genitive, neuter], χειρόνων [feminine, genitive, masculine, plural], χειρόνων [genitive, neuter, plural], χείρονῐ [dative, feminine, masculine, singular], χείρονῐ [dative, neuter, singular], χειρόνοιν [dative, dual, feminine, masculine], χειρόνοιν [dative, dual, neuter], χείροσῐ [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], χείροσῐν [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], kheírosi [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], kheírosin [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], χείροσῐ [dative, neuter, plural], χείροσῐν [dative, neuter, plural], kheírosi [dative, neuter, plural], kheírosin [dative, neuter, plural], χείρονᾰ [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], χείρω [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], χεῖρον [accusative, neuter, singular], χείρονε [accusative, dual, feminine, masculine], χείρονε [accusative, dual, neuter], χείρονᾰς [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], χείρους [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], χείρονᾰ [accusative, neuter, plural], χείρω [accusative, neuter, plural], χεῖρον [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], χεῖρον [neuter, singular, vocative], χείρονε [dual, feminine, masculine, vocative], χείρονε [dual, neuter, vocative], χείρονες [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], χείρους [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], χείρονᾰ [neuter, plural, vocative], χείρω [neuter, plural, vocative], χεῖρον [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], - [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], - [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. worse in quality, inferior
    Sense id: en-χείρων-grc-adj-bcf5rnVQ Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίων (comparative), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 44 44 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίων (comparative): 43 43 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 43 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 41 18
  2. worse in quality, inferior
    (of men) less brave, lower in rank
    Sense id: en-χείρων-grc-adj-qof5c03D Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίων (comparative), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 44 44 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίων (comparative): 43 43 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 43 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 41 18
  3. (with negative οὐδὲν (oudèn)) no worse: just as good
    Sense id: en-χείρων-grc-adj-m3Dh4ntN Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίων (comparative), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 44 44 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίων (comparative): 43 43 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 43 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 41 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: χερείων (khereíōn) (english: Homeric) Related terms: χείριστος (kheíristos) [superlative]

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "areíōn",
      "word": "ἀρείων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "beltíōn",
      "word": "βελτίων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ameínōn",
      "word": "ἀμείνων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kreíssōn",
      "word": "κρείσσων"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-ίων",
        "id1": "comparative"
      },
      "expansion": "-ίων (-íōn)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Suppletive comparative of κακός (kakós, “bad”), from χερ- (kher-) + comparative suffix -ίων (-íōn)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kheírōn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χεῖρον",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρων",
      "roman": "kheírōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χεῖρον",
      "roman": "kheîron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονε",
      "roman": "kheírone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονε",
      "roman": "kheírone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονες",
      "roman": "kheírones",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρους",
      "roman": "kheírous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονᾰ",
      "roman": "kheírona",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρω",
      "roman": "kheírō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονος",
      "roman": "kheíronos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονος",
      "roman": "kheíronos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χειρόνοιν",
      "roman": "kheirónoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χειρόνοιν",
      "roman": "kheirónoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χειρόνων",
      "roman": "kheirónōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χειρόνων",
      "roman": "kheirónōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονῐ",
      "roman": "kheíroni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονῐ",
      "roman": "kheíroni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χειρόνοιν",
      "roman": "kheirónoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χειρόνοιν",
      "roman": "kheirónoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείροσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείροσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kheírosi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kheírosin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείροσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείροσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kheírosi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kheírosin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονᾰ",
      "roman": "kheírona",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρω",
      "roman": "kheírō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χεῖρον",
      "roman": "kheîron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονε",
      "roman": "kheírone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονε",
      "roman": "kheírone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονᾰς",
      "roman": "kheíronas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρους",
      "roman": "kheírous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονᾰ",
      "roman": "kheírona",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρω",
      "roman": "kheírō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χεῖρον",
      "roman": "kheîron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χεῖρον",
      "roman": "kheîron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονε",
      "roman": "kheírone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονε",
      "roman": "kheírone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονες",
      "roman": "kheírones",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρους",
      "roman": "kheírous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονᾰ",
      "roman": "kheírona",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρω",
      "roman": "kheírō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χεῖρον",
      "roman": "kheîron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "χεῖρον",
        "deg": "comp"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kheíristos",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ],
      "word": "χείριστος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 44 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 43 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίων (comparative)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 43 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 41 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "worse in quality, inferior"
      ],
      "id": "en-χείρων-grc-adj-bcf5rnVQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ],
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 44 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 43 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίων (comparative)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 43 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 41 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "worse in quality, inferior",
        "less brave, lower in rank"
      ],
      "id": "en-χείρων-grc-adj-qof5c03D",
      "links": [
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ],
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "worse in quality, inferior",
        "(of men) less brave, lower in rank"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of men"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 44 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 43 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίων (comparative)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 43 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 41 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And as long as he has the right opinion about what the other man has actual knowledge, he will be no worse a guide […] .",
          "ref": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 97b",
          "text": "καὶ ἕως γ’ ἄν που ὀρθὴν δόξαν ἔχῃ περὶ ὧν ὁ ἕτερος ἐπιστήμην, οὐδὲν χείρων ἡγεμὼν ἔσται […] .\nkaì héōs g’ án pou orthḕn dóxan ékhēi perì hôn ho héteros epistḗmēn, oudèn kheírōn hēgemṑn éstai […] ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "no worse: just as good"
      ],
      "id": "en-χείρων-grc-adj-m3Dh4ntN",
      "links": [
        [
          "οὐδὲν",
          "οὐδὲν#Ancient_Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with negative οὐδὲν (oudèn)) no worse: just as good"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with negative οὐδὲν (oudèn)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰěː.rɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçi.ron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçi.ron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰěː.rɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰi.ron/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçi.ron/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçi.ron/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçi.ron/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Homeric",
      "roman": "khereíōn",
      "word": "χερείων"
    }
  ],
  "word": "χείρων"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "areíōn",
      "word": "ἀρείων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "beltíōn",
      "word": "βελτίων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ameínōn",
      "word": "ἀμείνων"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kreíssōn",
      "word": "κρείσσων"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek comparative adjectives",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek non-lemma forms",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ίων (comparative)",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "-ίων",
        "id1": "comparative"
      },
      "expansion": "-ίων (-íōn)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Suppletive comparative of κακός (kakós, “bad”), from χερ- (kher-) + comparative suffix -ίων (-íōn)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kheírōn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "form": "χεῖρον",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "grc-adecl",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
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      "form": "χείρων",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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    {
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
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    },
    {
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        "neuter",
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    },
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      "form": "χείρονες",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "χείρονᾰ",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονος",
      "roman": "kheíronos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονος",
      "roman": "kheíronos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χειρόνοιν",
      "roman": "kheirónoin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χειρόνοιν",
      "roman": "kheirónoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χειρόνων",
      "roman": "kheirónōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χειρόνων",
      "roman": "kheirónōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονῐ",
      "roman": "kheíroni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονῐ",
      "roman": "kheíroni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χειρόνοιν",
      "roman": "kheirónoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χειρόνοιν",
      "roman": "kheirónoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείροσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείροσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kheírosi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kheírosin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείροσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείροσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "kheírosi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kheírosin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονᾰ",
      "roman": "kheírona",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρω",
      "roman": "kheírō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "χεῖρον",
      "roman": "kheîron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονε",
      "roman": "kheírone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονε",
      "roman": "kheírone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονᾰς",
      "roman": "kheíronas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρους",
      "roman": "kheírous",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονᾰ",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χεῖρον",
      "roman": "kheîron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χεῖρον",
      "roman": "kheîron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονε",
      "roman": "kheírone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονε",
      "roman": "kheírone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονες",
      "roman": "kheírones",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρους",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρονᾰ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χείρω",
      "roman": "kheírō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χεῖρον",
      "roman": "kheîron",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "χεῖρον",
        "deg": "comp"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "kheíristos",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ],
      "word": "χείριστος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "worse in quality, inferior"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ],
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "worse in quality, inferior",
        "less brave, lower in rank"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worse",
          "worse"
        ],
        [
          "inferior",
          "inferior"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "worse in quality, inferior",
        "(of men) less brave, lower in rank"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of men"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And as long as he has the right opinion about what the other man has actual knowledge, he will be no worse a guide […] .",
          "ref": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 97b",
          "text": "καὶ ἕως γ’ ἄν που ὀρθὴν δόξαν ἔχῃ περὶ ὧν ὁ ἕτερος ἐπιστήμην, οὐδὲν χείρων ἡγεμὼν ἔσται […] .\nkaì héōs g’ án pou orthḕn dóxan ékhēi perì hôn ho héteros epistḗmēn, oudèn kheírōn hēgemṑn éstai […] ."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "no worse: just as good"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "οὐδὲν",
          "οὐδὲν#Ancient_Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with negative οὐδὲν (oudèn)) no worse: just as good"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with negative οὐδὲν (oudèn)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰěː.rɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçi.ron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçi.ron/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰěː.rɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʰi.ron/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçi.ron/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçi.ron/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈçi.ron/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "Homeric",
      "roman": "khereíōn",
      "word": "χερείων"
    }
  ],
  "word": "χείρων"
}

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