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.
1074 tokens (0%) have a non-empty value of Degree.
638 types (1%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Degree.
296 lemmas (2%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Degree.
The feature is used with 2 part-of-speech tags: ADJ (1021; 0% instances), ADV (53; 0% instances).
ADJ
1021 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 (682; 67%), Case=Acc (522; 51%).
ADJ tokens may have the following values of Degree:
Cmp(687; 67% of non-emptyDegree): πλείους, πλέον, μεῖζον, ἧσσον, ἧττον, πλείω, κέρδιον, ἄμεινον, θᾶττον, μείζωSup(334; 33% of non-emptyDegree): πρῶτον, τάχιστα, ἐπιφανεστάτων, αἰνότατον, δυνατωτάτους, μέγιστον, μέγιστος, μεγίστην, πρῶτα, ἄριστοςEMPTY(24755): πάντα, πολλὰ, αὐτὸς, πάντες, μέγα, πρῶτον, ταῦτα, πᾶν, οὐδὲν, πάντας
| Paradigm μέγας | Cmp | Sup |
|---|---|---|
| Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | μείζονα, μείζονά | |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | μείζονας, μέζονας | μεγίστους |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | μείζω, μείζονα | μεγίστην, μεγάλην |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | μείζονας, μέζονας, μείζους | μεγίστας |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | μεῖζον, μεῖζόν, μέσδων | μέγιστον |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | μέζω, μέζονα, μείζον̓, μείζονα, μείζω | μέγιστα |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | μείζονι | |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | μεγίστοις | |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | μεγίστῃ | |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | μείζοσιν | μεγίσταις |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | μέζοσι | |
| Case=Dat|Number=Sing | μείζονι | |
| Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | μείζονος | |
| Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | μεγίστων | |
| Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | μειζόνων | |
| Case=Gen|Number=Sing | μέζονος, μείζονος | |
| Case=Gen|Number=Plur | μειζόνων | |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | μείζων, μέζων | μέγιστος |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | μείζους, μείζονες | |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | μείζων | μεγίστη |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | μείζους | μέγισται |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | μεῖζον, μεῖζόν | μέγιστον |
ADV
53 ADV tokens (0% of all ADV tokens) have a non-empty value of Degree.
ADV tokens may have the following values of Degree:
Cmp(32; 60% of non-emptyDegree): μᾶλλον, πρότερον, ἀπωτέρω, ὕστερον, βράδιον, θειοτέρως, θᾶττον, κατωτέρω, μεγάλως, περαιτέρωSup(21; 40% of non-emptyDegree): μάλιστα, πρῶτον, καὶ, μάλισθ̓, ἑκαστάτω, ῥᾷστα, αἴσχισθ̓, κάλλιστ̓, μάλιστ̓EMPTY(38426): δ̓, δὲ, καὶ, μὲν, τε, γὰρ, οὐ, δέ, οὐκ, ἂν
| Paradigm μάλα | Cmp | Sup |
|---|---|---|
| μᾶλλον | μάλιστα, μάλισθ̓, μάλιστ̓ |
Degree seems to be lexical feature of ADV. 94% lemmas (17) occur only with one value of Degree.
Relations with Agreement in Degree
The 10 most frequent relations where parent and child node agree in Degree:
ADJ –[conj]–> ADJ (38; 56%).
Treebank Statistics (UD_Ancient_Greek-PROIEL)
This feature is universal.
It occurs with 3 different values: Cmp, Pos, Sup.
11542 tokens (6%) have a non-empty value of Degree.
4307 types (13%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Degree.
1641 lemmas (18%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Degree.
The feature is used with 2 part-of-speech tags: ADJ (10793; 5% instances), ADV (749; 0% instances).
ADJ
10793 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 (5872; 54%).
ADJ tokens may have the following values of Degree:
Cmp(533; 5% of non-emptyDegree): μείζων, πρεσβυτέρων, πλέον, πρεσβύτεροι, πλεῦνας, πλεῖον, πλεῦνες, ἧσσον, πλέω, πρεσβυτέρουςPos(9898; 92% of non-emptyDegree): πρότερον, πολλοὶ, πολλὰ, νεκρῶν, μόνον, Ἰουδαίων, Ἀθηναίων, Ἀθηναῖοι, πολλῶν, ἸουδαῖοιSup(362; 3% of non-emptyDegree): μέγιστον, ταχίστην, πλεῖστον, ἄριστα, κάλλιστα, τάχιστα, ἄριστον, ὑψίστου, κάλλιστον, μέγισταEMPTY(5359): ταῦτα, τοῦτο, τούτων, οὗτος, οὗτοι, τούτου, τοῦτον, αὐτὸς, τάδε, τούτῳ
| 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, πλέω | ||
| Case=Acc|Gender=Fem,Masc|Number=Plur | πλείους, πλεῦνας | ||
| Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | πολλὴν, πολλήν | πλείονα | πλείστην |
| Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | πολλὰς, πολλάς | πλεῦνας, πλείους, πλείονας, πλέω | 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, πολλὰ | πλεῖστα |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Sing | πολλῷ | ||
| Case=Dat|Gender=Masc,Neut|Number=Plur | πολλοῖσι | πλείοσιν | |
| Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | πολλῷ | ||
| Case=Dat|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | πολλοῖς, πολλοῖσι, πολλοῖσιν | πλείοσιν, πλέοσι | |
| 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 | πλεῦνός, πλεῦνος | πλείστου |
| Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | πολλῶν | πλειόνων | |
| Case=Gen|Number=Plur | πολλῶν | πλεόνων, πλειόνων | |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing | πολὺς, πολλὸς, 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 | πλείστη | |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Plur | πολλαὶ, πολλαί | πλεῦνες, πλείους | πλεῖσται |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | πολὺ, πολλὸν, πολύ, πολλόν | πλεῖον, πλεῖόν, πλέον | πλεῖστον |
| Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | πολλὰ, πολλά | πλείονα, πλέω | πλεῖστα |
| Case=Nom|Number=Sing | πλείονος |
Degree seems to be lexical feature of ADJ. 93% lemmas (1398) occur only with one value of Degree.
ADV
749 ADV tokens (3% of all ADV tokens) have a non-empty value of Degree.
ADV tokens may have the following values of Degree:
Cmp(159; 21% of non-emptyDegree): μᾶλλον, περισσοτέρως, μᾶλλόν, μεζόνως, προσωτέρω, τάχιον, ἀκριβέστερον, ἑκαστέρω, θειοτέρως, κάκιονPos(451; 60% of non-emptyDegree): καλῶς, μεγάλως, κακῶς, κάτω, ἄλλως, ἀληθῶς, ἀτρεκέως, ὀρθῶς, ἐγγὺς, ταχέωςSup(139; 19% of non-emptyDegree): μάλιστα, τάχιστα, μάλιστά, ἀγχοτάτω, ἄγχιστα, ἥκιστα, ἑκαστάτω, ἥδιστα, μεγαλοπρεπέστατα, τάχιστάEMPTY(21725): δὲ, γὰρ, καὶ, μὲν, μὴ, οὐκ, 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 (473; 93%),
ADJ –[amod]–> ADJ (86; 74%),
ADJ –[advmod]–> ADJ (51; 51%),
ADJ –[remnant]–> ADJ (43; 84%),
ADJ –[advcl]–> ADJ (24; 83%),
ADJ –[dobj]–> ADJ (2; 100%),
ADJ –[nmod]–> ADV (1; 100%),
ADJ –[ccomp]–> ADJ (1; 100%).
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