κράτιστος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From κράτος (krátos) + -ιστος (-istos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krá.tis.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tis.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tis.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tis.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tis.tos/
Adjective
[edit]κρᾰ́τῐστος • (krátistos) m (feminine κρᾰτῐ́στη, neuter κρᾰ́τῐστον); first/second declension
- superlative degree of ᾰ̓γᾰθός (agathós): best
- superlative degree of κρατύς (kratús) strongest, mightiest, most powerful
Usage notes
[edit]Used as the superlative of ᾰ̓γᾰθός (agathós), along with ἄρῐστος (áristos) and βέλτῐστος (béltistos).
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | κρᾰ́τῐστος krátistos |
κρᾰτῐ́στη kratístē |
κρᾰ́τῐστον krátiston |
κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō |
κρᾰτῐ́στᾱ kratístā |
κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō |
κρᾰ́τῐστοι krátistoi |
κρᾰ́τῐσται krátistai |
κρᾰ́τῐστᾰ krátista | |||||
Genitive | κρᾰτῐ́στου kratístou |
κρᾰτῐ́στης kratístēs |
κρᾰτῐ́στου kratístou |
κρᾰτῐ́στοιν kratístoin |
κρᾰτῐ́σταιν kratístain |
κρᾰτῐ́στοιν kratístoin |
κρᾰτῐ́στων kratístōn |
κρᾰτῐ́στων kratístōn |
κρᾰτῐ́στων kratístōn | |||||
Dative | κρᾰτῐ́στῳ kratístōi |
κρᾰτῐ́στῃ kratístēi |
κρᾰτῐ́στῳ kratístōi |
κρᾰτῐ́στοιν kratístoin |
κρᾰτῐ́σταιν kratístain |
κρᾰτῐ́στοιν kratístoin |
κρᾰτῐ́στοις kratístois |
κρᾰτῐ́σταις kratístais |
κρᾰτῐ́στοις kratístois | |||||
Accusative | κρᾰ́τῐστον krátiston |
κρᾰτῐ́στην kratístēn |
κρᾰ́τῐστον krátiston |
κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō |
κρᾰτῐ́στᾱ kratístā |
κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō |
κρᾰτῐ́στους kratístous |
κρᾰτῐ́στᾱς kratístās |
κρᾰ́τῐστᾰ krátista | |||||
Vocative | κρᾰ́τῐστε krátiste |
κρᾰτῐ́στη kratístē |
κρᾰ́τῐστον krátiston |
κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō |
κρᾰτῐ́στᾱ kratístā |
κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō |
κρᾰ́τῐστοι krátistoi |
κρᾰ́τῐσται krátistai |
κρᾰ́τῐστᾰ krátista | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κρᾰ́τῐστᾰ krátista |
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Further reading
[edit]- “κράτιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κράτιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κράτιστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- best idem, page 75.