Perseus analyses of κρείσσων:

κρείσσων (stronger, mightier): masc/fem nom comp sg (attic epic)
κρεισσόω: imperf ind act 3rd pl (doric aeolic)
κρεισσόω: imperf ind act 1st sg (doric aeolic)

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κρείσσων

κρείσσων, ον, gen. ονος, as always in Ep. and old Att.; later Att. κρείττων; Ion. κρέσσων Hp. Fract. 3, al., v.l. in Dionys.Trag. (v. infr. II); Dor. κάρρων (q.v.); Cret. κάρτων Leg.Gort. 1.15:—Comp. of κρατύς (v. κράτιστος),

2. freq. as Comp. of ἀγαθός, better, κρέσσονες oneʼs betters, esp. in point of rank, Pi. O. 10(11).39, N. 10.72 (but also, the stronger, more powerful, E. Or. 710, Th. 1.8, etc.); ἐς τοὺς τοκέας καὶ ἐς τοὺς κρέσσονας τεθυμῶσθαι Hdt. 3.52, cf. SIG 685.134 (Magn. Mae., ii B. C.); οἱ κ. corps of guards at Thebes, Plu. 2.598e; κρείσσονες θεοί, of the greater gods, as opp. to Oceanus, A. Pr. 902 (lyr.); ὁ κ. Ζεύς Id. Ag. 60 (anap.); οἱ κ. the Higher Powers, Id. Fr. 10, Pl. Sph. 216b, Euthd. 291a, etc.; τὰ κρείσσω, = τὰ θεῖα, E. Ion 973; τὸ κ. the Almighty, Providence, Corp.Herm. 18.11, Jul. Ep. 204, Agath. 1.16, Procop.Gaz. Pan.p.492; τὰ κρείσσονα oneʼs advantages, τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἡμῖν κρείσσω καταπροδοῦναι Th. 4.10.

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κρεισσόω

κρεισσόω,

A. = κρεισσονεύω, EM 299.22, Eust. 64.15.