βελτίων

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βέλτερος (bélteros)

Etymology

Analyzable as Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“strong”) (perhaps via an unattested *βελτός (*beltós, “desired”), per Seiler) + -ίων (-íōn). Cognates include Sanskrit बल (bala), Latin dēbilis, and Old Church Slavonic бол҄ии (bolʹii).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bel.tǐː.ɔːn/ → /βelˈti.on/ → /velˈti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bel.tǐː.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /belˈti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βelˈti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /velˈti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /velˈti.on/

Adjective

βελτῑ́ων • (beltī́ōn) m or f (neuter βέλτῑον); third declension

1. comparative degree of ἀγαθός (agathós): better

Declension

Third declension of βελτῑ́ων; βέλτῑον (Attic)

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			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βελτιόω (beltióō, “to improve”)

 

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • better idem, page 77.
• “βελτίων”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011