Compendious Comparison.—The possessor, rather than the object possessed, may be put in the genitive after a comparative: εἰ δ᾽ ἡμεῖς ἱππικὸν κτησαίμεθα μὴ χεῖρον τούτων ( = τοῦ τούτων ἱππικοῦ) but if we should raise a cavalry-force not inferior to theirs C. 4.3.7.