ἀριστεύς

See also: Ἀριστεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄριστος (áristos) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ris.těu̯s/ → /a.risˈteɸs/ → /a.risˈtefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ris.těu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.risˈtews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.risˈteɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.risˈtefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.risˈtefs/

Noun

ἀριστεύς • (aristeús) m (genitive ἀριστέως); third declension

1. the best man; chief, victor, champion (a winner of first prize or first place in competition)
2. the bravest man/best man in valor; champion (someone who fights on another's behalf)

Declension

The declension is the standard one for nouns in -εύς.

Third declension of ὁ ἀριστεύς; τοῦ ἀριστέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀριστεύς ho aristeús	τὼ ἀριστῆ tṑ aristê	οἱ ἀριστῆς / ἀριστεῖς hoi aristês / aristeîs
Genitive	τοῦ ἀριστέως toû aristéōs	τοῖν ἀριστέοιν toîn aristéoin	τῶν ἀριστέων tôn aristéōn
Dative	τῷ ἀριστεῖ tôi aristeî	τοῖν ἀριστέοιν toîn aristéoin	τοῖς ἀριστεῦσῐ / ἀριστεῦσῐν toîs aristeûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀριστέᾱ tòn aristéā	τὼ ἀριστῆ tṑ aristê	τοὺς ἀριστέᾱς toùs aristéās
Vocative	ἀριστεῦ aristeû	ἀριστῆ aristê	ἀριστῆς / ἀριστεῖς aristês / aristeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ἀριστεύς; ἀριστῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀριστεύς aristeús	ἀριστῆε aristêe	ἀριστῆες aristêes
Genitive	ἀριστῆος / ἀριστέος aristêos / aristéos	ἀριστήοιῐν aristḗoiin	ἀριστήων aristḗōn
Dative	ἀριστῆῐ̈ / ἀριστέῐ̈ aristêï / aristéï	ἀριστήοιῐν aristḗoiin	ἀριστήεσσῐ / ἀριστήεσσῐν / ἀριστεῦσῐ / ἀριστεῦσῐν aristḗessi(n) / aristeûsi(n)
Accusative	ἀριστῆᾰ / ἀριστέᾰ aristêa / aristéa	ἀριστῆε aristêe	ἀριστῆᾰς aristêas
Vocative	ἀριστεῦ aristeû	ἀριστῆε aristêe	ἀριστῆες aristêes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Ἀριστεύς (Aristeús)

Further reading

• “ἀριστεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀριστεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀριστεύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἀριστεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀριστεύς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • aristeus idem, page 39.