Degree: degree of comparison
Degree applies to adjectives and adverbs.
Pos: positive, first degree
This feature is not used.
Cmp: comparative, second degree
The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of another object. For an account of how the comparative is morphologically realized in Ancient Greek see Smyth 1920: 86-90 and 101. For the the use of the comparative see Smyth 1920: 279-282.
Examples
- δηλότερος “clearer”
- ἀμείνων “better”
- μείζων “greter”
Sup: superlative, third degree
The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of all other objects within a set. This corresponds in Ancient Greek to the the relative superlative, which can be morphologically realized like the absolute superlative. For an account for the morphology of the superlative see Smyth 1920: 86-90. For the the use of the superlative see Smyth 1920: 282-283.
Examples
- ὁ κράτιστος “the most powerful”
Abs: absolute superlative
The quality of the given object is so strong that there is hardly any other object exceeding it. The quality is not actually compared to any particular set of objects. This corresponds in Ancient Greek to the the absolute superlative, which can be morphologically realized like the relative superlative. For an account for the morphology of the superlative see Smyth 1920: 86-90. For the the use of the superlative see Smyth 1920: 282-283.
Examples
- ἥδιστα “most pleasantly”
References
Smyth, Herbert Weir. 1920. A Greek Grammar for Colleges. New York: American Book Company (Perseus Digital Library; Internet Archive).
Treebank Statistics (UD_Ancient_Greek)
This feature is universal.
It occurs with 2 different values: Cmp, Sup.
745 tokens (0%) have a non-empty value of Degree.
456 types (1%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Degree.
215 lemmas (2%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Degree.
The feature is used with 2 part-of-speech tags: grc-pos/ADJ (700; 0% instances), grc-pos/ADV (45; 0% instances).
ADJ
700 grc-pos/ADJ tokens (4% of all ADJ tokens) have a non-empty value of Degree.
The most frequent other feature values with which ADJ and Degree co-occurred: Number=Sing (437; 62%).
ADJ tokens may have the following values of Degree:
Cmp(374; 53% of non-emptyDegree): πλείους, θᾶσσον, πλείω, κέρδιον, πλέον, ἧσσον, ἧττον, ἀμείνων, πρότερος, μεῖζονSup(326; 47% of non-emptyDegree): πρῶτον, τάχιστα, ἄριστοι, πρῶτος, αἰνότατε, πρῶτα, ἄριστος, μέγιστον, φίλτατος, ἀκρότατονEMPTY(19105): Ἀχαιῶν, μέγα, πάντα, αὐτὸς, πάντες, πολλὰ, πρῶτον, φίλον, ταῦτα, αὐτῷ
| Paradigm μέγας | Cmp | Sup |
|---|---|---|
| Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | μείζονα, μείζον̓ | μέγιστον |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | μέζονας, μείζονας | μεγίστους |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | μείζω, μείζονα | μεγίστην |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | μεγίστας | |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | μεῖζον, μεῖζόν | μέγιστον |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | μείζω, μείζον̓, μέζω | μέγιστα |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | μείζονι | |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | μεγίστῃ | |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | μείζοσιν | |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | μείζονι | |
| Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | μεγίστου | |
| Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | μεγίστων | |
| Case=Gen|Number=Sing | μείζονος | |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | μείζων, μέζων | μέγιστος |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | μείζονες | |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | μείζων | μεγίστη |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | μείζους | μέγισται |
| Case=Voc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | μέγιστε |
ADV
45 grc-pos/ADV tokens (0% of all ADV tokens) have a non-empty value of Degree.
ADV tokens may have the following values of Degree:
Cmp(20; 44% of non-emptyDegree): μᾶλλον, ἆσσον, θειοτέρως, μεγάλως, ἀπωτέρωSup(25; 56% of non-emptyDegree): μάλιστα, μάλιστ̓, ἑκαστάτω, κάλλιστ̓, μάλισθ̓, ἐγγυτάτω, ἰθύντατα, ῥᾷσταEMPTY(16467): δὲ, καὶ, οὐ, μὲν, ὣς, οὐκ, γὰρ, νῦν, τε, οὔ
| Paradigm μάλα | Cmp | Sup |
|---|---|---|
| μᾶλλον | μάλιστα, μάλιστ̓, μάλισθ̓ |
Treebank Statistics (UD_Ancient_Greek-PROIEL)
This feature is universal.
It occurs with 3 different values: Cmp, Pos, Sup.
11031 tokens (6%) have a non-empty value of Degree.
4194 types (14%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Degree.
1607 lemmas (18%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Degree.
The feature is used with 2 part-of-speech tags: grc-pos/ADJ (10318; 5% instances), grc-pos/ADV (713; 0% instances).
ADJ
10318 grc-pos/ADJ tokens (67% of all ADJ tokens) have a non-empty value of Degree.
The most frequent other feature values with which ADJ and Degree co-occurred: Number=Sing (5623; 54%).
ADJ tokens may have the following values of Degree:
Cmp(514; 5% of non-emptyDegree): μείζων, πρεσβυτέρων, πλέον, πρεσβύτεροι, πλεῖον, πλεῦνας, ἧσσον, πλεῦνες, πλέω, πρεσβυτέρουςPos(9472; 92% of non-emptyDegree): πρότερον, πολλὰ, πολλοὶ, νεκρῶν, μόνον, Ἀθηναίων, Ἰουδαίων, Ἀθηναῖοι, πολλῶν, μέγαSup(332; 3% of non-emptyDegree): μέγιστον, ταχίστην, πλεῖστον, ἄριστα, κάλλιστα, τάχιστα, ἄριστον, κάλλιστον, ὑψίστου, μέγισταEMPTY(5138): ταῦτα, τοῦτο, πάντα, τις, τούτων, οὗτοι, οὗτος, τάδε, πάντες, οὐδεὶς
| Paradigm πολύς | Pos | Cmp | Sup |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case=Acc|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing | πολλὸν, πολλόν | πλέω, πλείονα | πλεῖστον |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | πολλὸν, πολὺν, πολλόν, πολύν | πλείονα, πλέω | πλεῖστον |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | πολλοὺς, πολλούς | πλεῦνας, πλείονας, πλέω | πλείστους |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Fem,Masc|Number=Sing | πλείονα | ||
| Case=Acc|Gender=Fem,Masc|Number=Plur | πλείους | ||
| Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | πολλὴν, πολλήν | πλείονα | πλείστην |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | πολλὰς, πολλάς | πλεῦνας, πλείους, πλέω, πλείονας | πλείστας |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | πολλὸν, πολὺ, πολλόν, πολύ | πλέον, πλεῖον, πλεῖόν | πλεῖστον |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | πολλὰ, πολλά, πόλλ’ | πλέω, πλείω, πλείονα | πλεῖστα |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing | πολλῷ | ||
| Case=Dat|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Plur | πλείοσιν | ||
| Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | πολλῷ | ||
| Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | πολλοῖς, πολλοῖσι | πλέοσι, πλείοσιν | |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | πολλῇ, πολλὴ | ||
| Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | πολλαῖς, πολλῇσι | ||
| Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | πολλῷ, πολλῶ | ||
| Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | πολλοῖσι, πολλοῖς, πολλοῖσί | ||
| Case=Gen|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing | πολλοῦ | ||
| Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | πολλοῦ, πόλλου | ||
| Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | πολλῶν | πλειόνων, πλεόνων | πλείστων |
| Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | πολλῆς | ||
| Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | πολλῶν, πολλέων | ||
| Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | πολλοῦ | πλεῦνος, πλεῦνός | πλείστου |
| Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | πολλῶν | πλειόνων | |
| Case=Gen|Number=Plur | πολλῶν | πλειόνων, πλεόνων | |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | πολλὸς, πολὺς, πολύς, πολλός | πλεῖστος | |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | πολλοὶ, πολλοί | πλεῦνες, πλείους, πλείονες, πλείονές | πλεῖστοι |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | πολλὴ, πολλή, πολλῇ | ||
| Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | πολλαὶ, πολλαί | πλεῦνες, πλείους | πλεῖσται |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | πολὺ, πολλὸν, πολύ, πολλόν | πλεῖον, πλέον, πλεῖόν | πλεῖστον |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | πολλὰ, πολλά | πλέω, πλείονα | πλεῖστα |
| Case=Nom|Number=Sing | πλείονος |
Degree seems to be lexical feature of ADJ. 93% lemmas (1374) occur only with one value of Degree.
ADV
713 grc-pos/ADV tokens (3% of all ADV tokens) have a non-empty value of Degree.
The most frequent other feature values with which ADV and Degree co-occurred: Polarity=EMPTY (713; 100%).
ADV tokens may have the following values of Degree:
Cmp(155; 22% of non-emptyDegree): μᾶλλον, περισσοτέρως, μᾶλλόν, ἀκριβέστερον, μεζόνως, προσωτέρω, τάχιον, ἑκαστέρω, κάκιον, κάλλιονPos(432; 61% of non-emptyDegree): καλῶς, μεγάλως, κακῶς, κάτω, ἄλλως, ἀληθῶς, ἀτρεκέως, ὀρθῶς, ἐγγὺς, προθύμωςSup(126; 18% of non-emptyDegree): μάλιστα, τάχιστα, μάλιστά, ἀγχοτάτω, ἥκιστα, ἄγχιστα, ἥδιστα, μεγαλοπρεπέστατα, τάχιστά, ἀγαυρόταταEMPTY(20593): δὲ, γὰρ, καὶ, μὲν, οὐκ, μὴ, οὐ, ὡς, δὴ, οὖν
| Paradigm ταχέως | Pos | Cmp | Sup |
|---|---|---|---|
| ταχέως | τάχιον | τάχιστα, τάχιστά |
Relations with Agreement in Degree
The 10 most frequent relations where parent and child node agree in Degree:
ADJ –[conj]–> ADJ (466; 92%),
ADJ –[amod]–> ADJ (85; 57%),
ADJ –[advmod]–> ADJ (49; 53%),
ADJ –[advcl]–> ADJ (21; 81%),
ADJ –[obj:dir]–> ADJ (2; 100%),
ADJ –[nmod]–> ADV (1; 100%).
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