G2276: ἥττον (hḗtton)

G2276 ἥττον (hḗtton)

Greek

Quick Definition

ἧττων, ον Adj lesser, inferior, weaker

Strong's Definition

neuter of comparative of heka (slightly) used for that of 2556; worse (as noun); by implication, less (as adverb)

KJV Usage: less, worse

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἥσσων (G2276a)

adjc. | ἡττάομαι

78.38 · Degree · More Than, Less Than [Comparative Degree]

less, to a lesser degree a degree which is lower than what would be expected in the context

2CO 12:15

65.29 · Value · Good, Bad

worse pertaining to being less satisfactory than something else

1CO 11:17

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Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἥσσων (Rec. ἥττ-, the Attic literary form), ἧσσον, inferior, less; neut., τὸ ἧ., adverbially, less: II Co 12:15; εἰς τὸ ἧ., for the worse (opp. to κρεῖττον): I Co 11:17.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἥσσων. Mayser (Gy. p. 223) gives only one example from the Ptolemaic papyri of the Attic ἥττων, viz. P Petr II, 4726 (B.c. 208) where Wilcken (see P Petr III. p. xviii.) now reads—xal μηθὲν ἧττον 7 [συγγραφὴ κυρία : elsewhere, in accordance with the general preference in the Κοινή for πσσ-- rather than -tr— we have ἥσσων, e.g. P Par 6112 (B.C. 156) πάντα ἐστὶν ἀλλότρια τῆς τε ἡμῶν ἀγωγῆς, οὐχ Part ΠῚ.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἥσσων (hētton, hēssōn) — less/worse. ἥσσων, ἧσσον, genitive ονος; Attic dialect ἥττων, Ionic dialect ἥσσων (not ἕσσων) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:

I. with genitive person, inferior; especially in force, weaker, αἴθ᾽ ὅσον ἥ. εἰμὶ τόσον σέο φέρτερος εἴην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of horses, [Refs]; ῥώμῃ ἥσσονες τῶν Περσέων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔς τι in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive modi, ἥσς. τινὸς θέειν not so good at running, [Refs]; οὐδενὸς ἥσς. γνῶναι second to none in judging, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱππεύειν ἥττ. τῶν ἡλίκων inferior to them in riding, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. absolutely, οἱ ἥσς. the weaker party, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐχ ἥσσους γενέσθαι to have the best of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ λαμβάνειν τὰ τῶν ἡττ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, τὸν ἥττω λόγον κρείττω ποιεῖν 'to make the worse appear the better cause', [Refs 5th c.BC+]

I.2. b less, fewer, ἵνα πλείω μὲν ἀκούωμεν, ἥττονα δὲ λέγωμεν [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II. with genitive of things, giving way or yielding to a thing, a slave to.. , τοῦ τῆσδ᾽ ἔρωτος εἰς ἅπανθ᾽ ἥσς. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, unable to resist, τοῦ πεπρωμένου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἥττους τῶν πόνων [ἵπποι] [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. neuter ἧσσον, ἧττον, as adverb, less, ὀλίγον δέ τί μ᾽ ἧσς. ἐτίμα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁμοίως τε τρωθεὶς καὶ ἧσς. Hp.[same place]: mostly with Verbs, but also with adjectives, ἀριστοκρατίαι.. αἱ μὲν ἧττ., αἱ δὲ μᾶλλον μόνιμοι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with a comparative, ἧττ. ἀκριβέστερον [Refs 1st c.BC+]., not a whit less, just as much, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν ἧσς., μηδὲν ἧσς., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; for τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττ., see at {μάλα}.