ἐλάσσων
I. "smaller, less", formed from ἐλαχύς (with Sup. ἐλάχιστος, q. v.), but serving as comp. to μικρός, Il.: ἔλασσον ἔχειν to have "the worse, be worse off", τινί "in a thing", Hdt., Dem.; so, ἐλάττω γίγνεσθαι Ar.
2. c. gen. pers. "worse than, inferior to", Thuc., etc.; but c. gen. rei, like ἥσσων, "subservient to", Xen.
3. in neut. with Preps., περὶ ἐλάσσονος ποιεῖσθαι to consider of "less account", Hdt.; παρ᾽ ἔλαττον ἡγεῖσθαι Plat.; δι᾽ ἐλάττονος "at less distance", Thuc.
II. of Number, "fewer", οἱ ἐλάσσονες "the smaller number", Hdt., Thuc.
III. neut. ἔλασσον, as adv. "less", Aesch., etc.