Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Χείρων • ‎(Kheírōn) m ‎(genitive Χείρωνος); third declension

1. Cheiron; Chiron

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: Χείρων ‎(Cheíron); Χείρωνας ‎(Cheíronas)
• Latin: Chiron; Cheiron

References

• Χείρων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Χείρων in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Χείρων in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χερείων ‎(khereíōn) Homeric

Adjective

χείρων • ‎(kheírōn)

1. worse in quality, inferior
   1. (of men) less brave, lower in rank
2. (with negative οὐδὲν ‎(oudèn)) no worse: just as good
   • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 97.b

     καὶ ἕως γ᾽ ἄν που ὀρθὴν δόξαν ἔχῃ περὶ ὧν ὁ ἕτερος ἐπιστήμην, οὐδὲν χείρων ἡγεμὼν ἔσται ... .

     And as long as he has the right opinion about what the other man has actual knowledge, he will be no worse a guide ... .

     }

Antonyms

• ἀρείων ‎(areíōn)
• βελτίων ‎(beltíōn)
• ἀμείνων ‎(ameínōn)
• κρείσσων ‎(kreíssōn)

Related terms

• χείριστος ‎(kheíristos) superlative

References

χείρων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• χείρων in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χείρων in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «χείρων» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «χείρων» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• χείρων in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G5501”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • Cheiron idem, page 1006.
  • decadent idem, page 199.
  • degenerate idem, page 206.
  • inferior idem, page 437.
  • lower idem, page 502.
  • may idem, page 519.
  • second idem, page 746.
  • subordinate idem, page 831.
  • worse idem, page 990.