χείρων
Lemma: χείρων
adjective (comparative)
adjective (comparative)
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Added Mar 22, 2026
Definition
Worse, inferior; used as the comparative of κακός (“bad”) and often also of ἐσθλός/ἀγαθός (“good”), meaning “the worse (of two), the inferior in quality or condition.”
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Grammatical Analysis
"χείρων"
Case: nominative (or vocative)
Number: singular
Gender: masculine (or feminine)
Degree: comparative
Declension: 3rd declension (comparative in -ων, gen. -ονος)
Lexical note: comparative of κακός: χείρων (also used substantively: ‘the worse [man/thing]’)
Related Forms of χείρων
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