[*] 293. Stems in
ον:
εὐδαίμων happy,
βελτί_ων better:
a. Like
εὐδαίμων are declined
μνήμων μνῆμον mindful,
ἀγνώμων ἄγνωμον unfeeling,
ἄφρων ἄφρον senseless,
πέπων πέπον ripe,
σώφρων σῶφρον prudent.
b. Like
βελτί_ων are declined
μείζων μεῖζον greater,
κακί_ων κάκι_ον baser,
ἐλά_ττων ἔλα_ττον less.
c. The neuter nominative and accusative have recessive accent.
d. Comparatives are formed from stems in
ον and in
ος; cp. Lat.
meliōris for
meliōs-is.
ος appears in
βελτί_ω for
βελτι_ο（
ς）
-α, acc. sing. masc. fem. and nom. acc. neut. pl., and in
βελτί_ους for
βελτι_ο（
ς）
-ες, nom. pl. masc. fem. The accusative plural borrows the nominative form. Cp. 251 b. The shorter forms were more frequent in everyday speech than in literature.
