βελτίων
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βέλτερος (bélteros)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bel- + -ίων (-íōn). Cognates include Sanskrit बल (bala), Latin dēbilis, and Old Church Slavonic бол҄ии (bolʹii).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bel.tǐː.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /belˈti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βelˈti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /velˈti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /velˈti.on/
Adjective
βελτῑ́ων • (beltī́ōn) m or f (neuter βέλτῑον); third declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | βελτῑ́ων beltī́ōn |
βέλτῑον béltīon |
βελτῑ́ονε beltī́one |
βελτῑ́ονε beltī́one |
βελτῑ́ονες / βελτῑ́ους beltī́ones / beltī́ous |
βελτῑ́ονᾰ / βελτῑ́ω beltī́ona / beltī́ō | ||||||||
| Genitive | βελτῑ́ονος beltī́onos |
βελτῑ́ονος beltī́onos |
βελτῑόνοιν beltīónoin |
βελτῑόνοιν beltīónoin |
βελτῑόνων beltīónōn |
βελτῑόνων beltīónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | βελτῑ́ονῐ beltī́oni |
βελτῑ́ονῐ beltī́oni |
βελτῑόνοιν beltīónoin |
βελτῑόνοιν beltīónoin |
βελτῑ́οσῐ / βελτῑ́οσῐν beltī́osi(n) |
βελτῑ́οσῐ / βελτῑ́οσῐν beltī́osi(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | βελτῑ́ονᾰ / βελτῑ́ω beltī́ona / beltī́ō |
βέλτῑον béltīon |
βελτῑ́ονε beltī́one |
βελτῑ́ονε beltī́one |
βελτῑ́ονᾰς / βελτῑ́ους beltī́onas / beltī́ous |
βελτῑ́ονᾰ / βελτῑ́ω beltī́ona / beltī́ō | ||||||||
| Vocative | βέλτῑον béltīon |
βέλτῑον béltīon |
βελτῑ́ονε beltī́one |
βελτῑ́ονε beltī́one |
βελτῑ́ονες / βελτῑ́ους beltī́ones / beltī́ous |
βελτῑ́ονᾰ / βελτῑ́ω beltī́ona / beltī́ō | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| βελτῑόνως beltīónōs |
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Further reading
- “βελτίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βελτίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βελτίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- βελτίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G957 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- better idem, page 77.
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