ἐλάσσων

See also: ελάσσων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐλᾰ́ττων (eláttōn) — Attic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *elə́ťťōs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʷʰ-yōs, from *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light (of weight)”). By surface analysis, ἐλαχύς (elakhús) +‎ -ίων (-íōn).

Adjective

ἐλᾰ́σσων • (elássōn) m or f (neuter ἔλᾰσσον); third declension

1. comparative degree of ἐλᾰχύς (elakhús) and μῑκρός (mīkrós): smaller, less

Inflection

Third declension of ἐλᾰ́σσων; ἔλᾰσσον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐλᾰ́σσων elássōn	ἔλᾰσσον élasson		ἐλᾰ́σσονε elássone	ἐλᾰ́σσονε elássone		ἐλᾰ́σσονες / ἐλᾰ́σσους elássones / elássous	ἐλᾰ́σσονᾰ / ἐλᾰ́σσω elássona / elássō
Genitive		ἐλᾰ́σσονος elássonos	ἐλᾰ́σσονος elássonos		ἐλᾰσσόνοιν elassónoin	ἐλᾰσσόνοιν elassónoin		ἐλᾰσσόνων elassónōn	ἐλᾰσσόνων elassónōn
Dative		ἐλᾰ́σσονῐ elássoni	ἐλᾰ́σσονῐ elássoni		ἐλᾰσσόνοιν elassónoin	ἐλᾰσσόνοιν elassónoin		ἐλᾰ́σσοσῐ / ἐλᾰ́σσοσῐν elássosi(n)	ἐλᾰ́σσοσῐ / ἐλᾰ́σσοσῐν elássosi(n)
Accusative		ἐλᾰ́σσονᾰ / ἐλᾰ́σσω elássona / elássō	ἔλᾰσσον élasson		ἐλᾰ́σσονε elássone	ἐλᾰ́σσονε elássone		ἐλᾰ́σσονᾰς / ἐλᾰ́σσους elássonas / elássous	ἐλᾰ́σσονᾰ / ἐλᾰ́σσω elássona / elássō
Vocative		ἔλᾰσσον élasson	ἔλᾰσσον élasson		ἐλᾰ́σσονε elássone	ἐλᾰ́σσονε elássone		ἐλᾰ́σσονες / ἐλᾰ́σσους elássones / elássous	ἐλᾰ́σσονᾰ / ἐλᾰ́σσω elássona / elássō
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἔλᾰσσον élasson			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ελάσσων (elásson)

Further reading

• “ἐλάσσων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐλάσσων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐλάσσων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐλάσσων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐλάσσων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἐλάσσων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1640 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • less idem, page 485.
  • minor idem, page 531.