πρώτιστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) +‎ -ιστος (-istos, superlative suffix), thus literally ‘firstest’.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /prɔ̌ː.tis.tos/ → /ˈpro.tis.tos/ → /ˈpro.tis.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /prɔ̌ː.tis.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.tis.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.tis.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.tis.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.tis.tos/

Adjective

πρώτιστος • (prṓtistos) m (feminine πρωτίστη, neuter πρώτιστον); first/second declension

1. the very first

Declension

First and second declension of πρώτῐστος; πρωτῐ́στη; πρώτῐστον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πρώτῐστος prṓtĭstos	πρωτῐ́στη prōtĭ́stē	πρώτῐστον prṓtĭston		πρωτῐ́στω prōtĭ́stō	πρωτῐ́στᾱ prōtĭ́stā	πρωτῐ́στω prōtĭ́stō		πρώτῐστοι prṓtĭstoi	πρώτῐσται prṓtĭstai	πρώτῐστᾰ prṓtĭstă
Genitive		πρωτῐ́στου prōtĭ́stou	πρωτῐ́στης prōtĭ́stēs	πρωτῐ́στου prōtĭ́stou		πρωτῐ́στοιν prōtĭ́stoin	πρωτῐ́σταιν prōtĭ́stain	πρωτῐ́στοιν prōtĭ́stoin		πρωτῐ́στων prōtĭ́stōn	πρωτῐ́στων prōtĭ́stōn	πρωτῐ́στων prōtĭ́stōn
Dative		πρωτῐ́στῳ prōtĭ́stōi	πρωτῐ́στῃ prōtĭ́stēi	πρωτῐ́στῳ prōtĭ́stōi		πρωτῐ́στοιν prōtĭ́stoin	πρωτῐ́σταιν prōtĭ́stain	πρωτῐ́στοιν prōtĭ́stoin		πρωτῐ́στοις prōtĭ́stois	πρωτῐ́σταις prōtĭ́stais	πρωτῐ́στοις prōtĭ́stois
Accusative		πρώτῐστον prṓtĭston	πρωτῐ́στην prōtĭ́stēn	πρώτῐστον prṓtĭston		πρωτῐ́στω prōtĭ́stō	πρωτῐ́στᾱ prōtĭ́stā	πρωτῐ́στω prōtĭ́stō		πρωτῐ́στους prōtĭ́stous	πρωτῐ́στᾱς prōtĭ́stās	πρώτῐστᾰ prṓtĭstă
Vocative		πρώτῐστε prṓtĭste	πρωτῐ́στη prōtĭ́stē	πρώτῐστον prṓtĭston		πρωτῐ́στω prōtĭ́stō	πρωτῐ́στᾱ prōtĭ́stā	πρωτῐ́στω prōtĭ́stō		πρώτῐστοι prṓtĭstoi	πρώτῐσται prṓtĭstai	πρώτῐστᾰ prṓtĭstă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πρωτῐ́στως prōtĭ́stōs				πρωτῐστότερος prōtĭstóteros				πρωτῐστότᾰτος prōtĭstótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πρώτιστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πρώτιστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πρώτιστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πρώτιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πρώτιστος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter