ἐλάχιστος
ἐλᾰ/χιστ-ος [
ᾰ],, Sup. of
ἐλαχύς: Comp.
ἐλάσσων (q.v.):—
A). smallest, least, freq. with a neg.,
γέρας, δύναμις οὐκ ἐ.,
h.Merc. 573 ,
Hdt. 7.168 , etc.;
λόγου ἐλαχίστου of
least account,
Id. 1.143 ;
ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι narrowly missed destroying them,
Th. 2.77 ;
περὶ ἐλαχίστου ποιεῖσθαι Pl. Ap. 30a ;
παρ’ ἐλάχιστον ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς ἀφαιρεθῆναι D. 17.22 .
2). of Time,
shortest,
δῑ ἐλαχίστου (sc.
χρόνου)
Th. 3.39 ;
δῑ ἐλαχίστης βουλῆς with
shortest deliberation,
Id. 1.138 .
III). from
ἐλάχιστος came a new Comp.
ἐλαχιστότερος less than the least,
ἐ. πάντων ἁγίων Ep.Eph. 3.8 : Sup.
ἐλαχιστότατος very least of all,
S.E. M. 3.54 ,
9.406 .
ShortDef
the smallest, least
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἐλάχιστος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ελαχιστος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-33493
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἐλᾰ/χιστ-ος</span> [<span class="foreign greek">ᾰ],</span>, Sup. of <span class="foreign greek">ἐλαχύς</span>: Comp. <span class="foreign greek">ἐλάσσων</span> (q.v.):—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">smallest, least</span>, freq. with a neg., <span class="foreign greek">γέρας, δύναμις οὐκ ἐ</span>., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:573" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:573/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Merc.</span> 573 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:168" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.168/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.168 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">λόγου ἐλαχίστου</span> of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">least</span> account, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:143" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.143/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.143 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">narrowly</span> missed destroying them, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.77 </a>; <span class="quote greek">περὶ ἐλαχίστου ποιεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:30a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:30a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 30a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">παρ’ ἐλάχιστον ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς ἀφαιρεθῆναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg017.perseus-grc1:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg017.perseus-grc1:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 17.22 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of Time, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shortest</span>, <span class="foreign greek">δῑ ἐλαχίστου</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">χρόνου</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.39 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δῑ ἐλαχίστης βουλῆς</span> with <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shortest</span> deliberation, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:138" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.138/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.138 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of Number, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fewest</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:378a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:378a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 378a </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐ. τὸν ἀριθμόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1312a:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1312a.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1312a30 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν ἐλαχίστοις δυσίν</span> between two <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at least.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1131a:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1131a.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1131a15 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> Math., <span class="foreign greek">ἐλάχιστα καὶ μέγιστα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">minima</span> and maxima, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0550.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0550.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apollon.Perg.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Con.</span> 1 </a> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Praef.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ἐλάχιστον</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τοὐλάχιστον</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at the least</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.13 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:7:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:7:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 5.7.8 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg004.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 4.21 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐλάχιστα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">least</span> of any one, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.70 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ὡς ἐ</span>. as <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">little as possible</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:63d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:63d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 63d </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> from <span class="foreign greek">ἐλάχιστος</span> came a new Comp. <span class="foreign greek">ἐλαχιστότερος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">less than the least</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐ. πάντων ἁγίων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg010.perseus-grc1:3:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg010.perseus-grc1:3.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Eph.</span> 3.8 </a> : Sup. <span class="foreign greek">ἐλαχιστότατος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">very least of all</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:3:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:3.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 3.54 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:9:406" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:9.406/canonical-url/"> 9.406 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}