πλεῖστος
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πλεῖστος
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πλεῖστος
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πλειστος
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32881
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-32882
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{ "headword": "πλεῖστος", "data": { "headword_display": "<b>πλεῖστος</b>", "content": "<AE><HG><HL>πλεῖστος</HL><Infl>η<VInfl><Lbl>dial.</Lbl><FmInfl>ᾱ</FmInfl></VInfl>ον</Infl><PS>superl.adj</PS><Ety><Ref>πολύς</Ref></Ety></HG> <aS1><Indic>ref. to amount, degree or intensity; of material or abstr. things, such as dust, wealth, gold, trouble, pleasure, punishment</Indic><Tr>most<or/>very much, greatest<or/>very great</Tr><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au><aS2><Indic>of the practice of philosophy</Indic><Tr>strongest<Expl>in a particular place</Expl></Tr><Au>Pl.</Au></aS2><aS2><Indic>of a person, their judgement</Indic><Tr>most strongly inclined<Expl>in a certain direction</Expl></Tr><Au>Hdt.</Au></aS2></aS1><aS1><Indic>ref. to size; of a crowd, race, army, or sim.</Indic><Tr>largest<or/>very large</Tr><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au><SGrm><GLbl>pl.</GLbl><Indic>ref. to number; of persons, things</Indic><Def>most or very many</Def><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au><S2><Indic>w.art.</Indic><Def>the largest number</Def><Au>Hdt.<NBPlus/></Au></S2></SGrm></aS1> <aS1><SGrm><GLbl>sb.<Expl>in same gender as <GLbl>gen.</GLbl></Expl></GLbl><Def>greatest part<Expl><GLbl>w.gen.</GLbl>of sthg.</Expl></Def><Au>Th.</Au></SGrm><SGrm><GLbl>neut.sb.</GLbl><Def>greatest part<Expl>of sthg.</Expl></Def><Au>Hdt.<NBPlus/></Au><Phr><Gr>πλεῖστον ἔχειν</Gr><TrPhr>have the greatest advantage</TrPhr><Au>Th.</Au></Phr></SGrm></aS1> <aS1><Phr><Indic>prep.phrs.</Indic><Gr>εἰς πλεῖστον</Gr><TrPhr>to the highest degree, most</TrPhr><Au>S.</Au></Phr><Phr><Gr>ἐπὶ πλεῖστον</Gr><TrPhr>to the highest degree, to the greatest extent<Expl>sts. <GLbl>w.gen.</GLbl>of sthg.</Expl></TrPhr><Au>Hdt.<NBPlus/></Au></Phr><Phr><Gr>ὡς ἐπὶ (τὸ) πλεῖστον</Gr><TrPhr>for the most part</TrPhr><Au>Th. Pl.</Au></Phr><Phr><Gr>κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον</Gr><TrPhr>for the most part</TrPhr><Au>Plb.</Au></Phr></aS1><aS1><Phr><Indic>ref. to distance</Indic><Gr>διὰ πλείστου</Gr><TrPhr>furthest off</TrPhr><Au>Th.</Au></Phr></aS1> <aS1><Phr><Indic>ref. to value or worth</Indic><Gr>πλείστου ἄξιος<Expl>or sim.</Expl></Gr><TrPhr>most highly valued</TrPhr><Au>Hdt.<NBPlus/></Au></Phr><Phr><Gr>περὶ πλείστου ποιεῖσθαι<Expl>or sim.</Expl></Gr><TrPhr>regard most highly</TrPhr><Au>Hdt.<NBPlus/></Au></Phr></aS1><aS1><Indic>of time</Indic><Tr>longest<or/>very long</Tr><Au>Hdt.<NBPlus/></Au><Phr><Indic>prep.phrs.</Indic><Gr>διὰ πλείστου</Gr><TrPhr>for the longest time</TrPhr><Au>Th.</Au></Phr><Phr><Gr>ἐπὶ πλεῖστον</Gr><TrPhr>for a very long time</TrPhr><Au>Th.</Au></Phr><SGrm><GLbl>advbl.acc.<Expl>w.art.</Expl></GLbl><Def>at most</Def><Au>Ar.</Au></SGrm></aS1> <Adv><vHG><HL>πλεῖστον</HL><PS>neut.sg.superl.adv</PS></vHG><advS1><Tr>to the greatest extent<or/>in the highest degree, most<or/>very much</Tr><Au>Il.<NBPlus/></Au><advS2><Indic>intensv., w.superl.adj.</Indic><Au>S. E.</Au></advS2></advS1><advS1><Indic>ref. to distance</Indic><Tr>furthest off</Tr><Au>Th. Pl. X.</Au></advS1> </Adv> <Adv><vHG><HL>πλεῖστα</HL><PS>neut.pl.superl.adv</PS></vHG><advS1><Tr>to the greatest extent<or/>in the highest degree, most<or/>very much</Tr><Au>S. E.</Au></advS1><advS1><Tr>most often, very many times</Tr><Au>Pi. S. Th.</Au></advS1><advS1><Tr>for the most part</Tr><Au>A.</Au><advS2><Indic>w.art.</Indic><Form>τὰ πλεῖστα</Form><Def>for the most part</Def><Au>Pl.</Au></advS2><advS2><Def>for the greatest part<Expl><GLbl>w.gen.</GLbl>of one's life</Expl></Def><Au>S.</Au></advS2></advS1> </Adv></AE>", "key": "πλεῖστος" }, "senses": [], "citations": [], "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-32882" }