ἄριστος
ἄριστος [
ᾰ], (with Art. Ep.
A). ὤριστος Il. 11.288 , Att.
ἅριστος)
best in its kind, and so in all sorts of relations, serving as Sup. of
ἀγαθός:
I). of persons,
2). best in any way,
bravest, ἀνδρῶν αὖ μέγ’ ἄ. ἔην Τελαμώνιος Αἴας Il. 2.768 , cf.
7.50 , etc.;
οἰωνοπόλων, σκυτοτόμων ὄχ’ ἄ., 6.76 ,
7.221 .
b). c. dat. modi,
βουλῇ μετὰ πάντας .. ἔπλευ ἄ. 9.54 , al.;
ἔγχεσιν εἶναι ἀρίστους Od. 4.211 .
d). c. inf.,
ἄριστοι μάχεσθαι X. Cyr. 5.4.44 ;
ἄ. διαβολὰς ἐνδέκεσθαι readiest to give ear to calumnies,
Hdt. 3.80 ;
ἄ. ἀπατᾶσθαι best, i.e.
easiest, to cheat,
Th. 3.38 .
4). best, most useful, πόλει E. Fr. 194 codd. (leg.
ἀρεστός)
αὑτῷ Id. Heracl. 5 .
ShortDef
best
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Headword (normalized):
ἄριστος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αριστος
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-15134
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἄριστος</span> [<span class="foreign greek">ᾰ], </span> (with Art. Ep. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ὤριστος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:288" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.288/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.288 </a> , Att. <span class="foreign greek">ἅριστος</span>) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">best</span> in its kind, and so in all sorts of relations, serving as Sup. of <span class="foreign greek">ἀγαθός</span>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> of persons, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">best</span> in birth and rank, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">noblest</span>: hence, like <span class="ref greek">ἀριστεύς</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a chief,</span> <span class="quote greek">Ἀργείων οἱ ἄριστοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:260" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.260/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.260 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:209" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.209/canonical-url/"> 6.209 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἄ. ἔην πολὺ δὲ πλείστους ἄγε λαούς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:580" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.580/canonical-url/"> 2.580 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">θεῶν ὕπατος καὶ ἄ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:258" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.258/canonical-url/"> 19.258 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πατρὸς πάντων ἀ. παῖδα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:366" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:366/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 366 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀνδρῶν τῶν ἀ. ὁμιλίη,</span> opp. <span class="foreign greek">δῆμος,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.81 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi057.perseus-lat1:9:4:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0474.phi057.perseus-lat1:9:4:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Att.</span> 9.4.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">best</span> in any way, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bravest,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἀνδρῶν αὖ μέγ’ ἄ. ἔην Τελαμώνιος Αἴας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:768" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.768/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.768 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.50/canonical-url/"> 7.50 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">οἰωνοπόλων, σκυτοτόμων ὄχ’ ἄ.,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.76/canonical-url/"> 6.76 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:221" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.221/canonical-url/"> 7.221 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> c. dat. modi, <span class="quote greek">βουλῇ μετὰ πάντας .. ἔπλευ ἄ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.54/canonical-url/"> 9.54 </a> , al.; <span class="quote greek">ἔγχεσιν εἶναι ἀρίστους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:211" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.211/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.211 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> c. acc. rei, <span class="quote greek">εἶδος ἄριστε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.39 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ψυχὴν ἄ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1048" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1048/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1048 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> c. inf., <span class="quote greek">ἄριστοι μάχεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:4:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:4:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.4.44 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. διαβολὰς ἐνδέκεσθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">readiest</span> to give ear to calumnies, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.80 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. ἀπατᾶσθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">best,</span> i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">easiest,</span> to cheat, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.38 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">morally best,</span> <span class="quote greek">εἴς τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 83 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">οἱ ἄ. ἁπλῶς κατ’ ἀρετήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1293b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1293b.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1293b3 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">best, most useful,</span> <span class="quote greek">πόλει</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 194 </span> codd. (leg. <span class="foreign greek">ἀρεστός</span>) <span class="quote greek"> αὑτῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 5 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of animals, things, etc., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">best, finest,</span> <span class="quote greek">ἵπποι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:763" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.763/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.763 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μήλων, ὑῶν,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:432" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.432/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.432 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:414" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.414/canonical-url/"> 14.414 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τεύχε’ ἄριστα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:616" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.616/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 15.616 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χῶρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:442" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.442/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.442 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ποταμῶν ἄ. τά τε ἄλλα καὶ ἀκέσασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.90 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἄριστα φέρεσθαι</span> win an <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">excellent</span> reward, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1097" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1097/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1097 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> neut. pl. as Adv., <span class="foreign greek">ἄριστα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">best, most excellently,</span> <span class="quote greek">ὄχ’ ἄ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.110/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.110 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:365" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.365/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 13.365 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:193" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.193/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.193 </a>, al., etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἄριστά γε,</span> in answers, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">well said!</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:163c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:163c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 163c </a>: later also <span class="quote greek">ἀρίστως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg006:3:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg006:3.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Iamb.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Myst.</span> 3.14 </a> .</div> </div><br><br>'}