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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).

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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-empty Degree): πλείους, πλέον, μεῖζον, ἧσσον, ἧττον, πλείω, κέρδιον, ἄμεινον, θᾶττον, μείζω
• Sup (334; 33% of non-empty Degree): πρῶτον, τάχιστα, ἐπιφανεστάτων, αἰνότατον, δυνατωτάτους, μέγιστον, μέγιστος, μεγίστην, πρῶτα, ἄριστος
• EMPTY (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, μείζους, μέζονας	μεγίστας
Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	μεῖζον, μεῖζόν, μέσδων	μέγιστον
Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur	μέζονα, μείζονα, μείζω, μέζω, μείζον̓	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-empty Degree): μᾶλλον, πρότερον, ἀπωτέρω, ὕστερον, βράδιον, θειοτέρως, θᾶττον, κατωτέρω, μεγάλως, περαιτέρω
• Sup (21; 40% of non-empty Degree): μάλιστα, πρῶτον, καὶ, μάλισθ̓, ἑκαστάτω, ῥᾷστα, αἴσχισθ̓, κάλλιστ̓, μάλιστ̓
• EMPTY (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%).

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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-empty Degree): μείζων, πρεσβυτέρων, πλέον, πρεσβύτεροι, πλεῦνας, πλεῖον, πλεῦνες, ἧσσον, πλέω, πρεσβυτέρους
• Pos (9898; 92% of non-empty Degree): πρότερον, πολλοὶ, πολλὰ, νεκρῶν, μόνον, Ἰουδαίων, Ἀθηναίων, Ἀθηναῖοι, πολλῶν, Ἰουδαῖοι
• Sup (362; 3% of non-empty Degree): μέγιστον, ταχίστην, πλεῖστον, ἄριστα, κάλλιστα, τάχιστα, ἄριστον, ὑψίστου, κάλλιστον, μέγιστα
• EMPTY (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	πλέω, πλείονα	πλεῖστον
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	πολλοὺς, πολλούς	πλεῦνας, πλείονας, πλέω	πλείστους
Case=Acc|Gender=Fem,Masc|Number=Sing		πλέω, πλείονα
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, πολλὰ, πλείονα	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	πολλέων, πολλῶν
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	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	πλείους, πλεῦνες	πλεῖσται
Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing	πολὺ, πολλὸν, πολύ, πολλόν	πλεῖον, πλεῖόν, πλέον	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 (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-empty Degree): μᾶλλον, περισσοτέρως, μᾶλλόν, μεζόνως, προσωτέρω, τάχιον, ἀκριβέστερον, ἑκαστέρω, θειοτέρως, κάκιον
• Pos (451; 60% of non-empty Degree): καλῶς, μεγάλως, κακῶς, κάτω, ἄλλως, ἀληθῶς, ἀτρεκέως, ὀρθῶς, ἐγγὺς, ταχέως
• Sup (139; 19% of non-empty Degree): μάλιστα, τάχιστα, μάλιστά, ἀγχοτάτω, ἄγχιστα, ἥκιστα, ἑκαστάτω, ἥδιστα, μεγαλοπρεπέστατα, τάχιστά
• EMPTY (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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