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ἀνώτατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνώτατος ἀνώτατη ἀνώτατον

Structure: ἀνωτατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. topmost

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀνώτατος ἀνώτάτη ἀνώτατον
Genitive ἀνωτάτου ἀνώτάτης ἀνωτάτου
Dative ἀνωτάτῳ ἀνώτάτῃ ἀνωτάτῳ
Accusative ἀνώτατον ἀνώτάτην ἀνώτατον
Vocative ἀνώτατε ἀνώτάτη ἀνώτατον
DualN/A/V ἀνωτάτω ἀνώτάτᾱ ἀνωτάτω
G/D ἀνωτάτοιν ἀνώτάταιν ἀνωτάτοιν
PluralNominative ἀνώτατοι ἀνώ́ταται ἀνώτατα
Genitive ἀνωτάτων ἀνώτατῶν ἀνωτάτων
Dative ἀνωτάτοις ἀνώτάταις ἀνωτάτοις
Accusative ἀνωτάτους ἀνώτάτᾱς ἀνώτατα
Vocative ἀνώτατοι ἀνώ́ταται ἀνώτατα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀνώτατος ἀνωτάτου ἀνωτατότερος ἀνωτατοτέρου ἀνωτατότατος ἀνωτατοτάτου
Adverb ἀνωτάτως ἀνωτατότερον ἀνωτατότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὅτε δὲ ὠσφράνθη τὸ δαιμόνιον τῆσ ὀσμῆσ, ἔφυγεν εἰσ τὰ ἀνώτατα Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἔδησεν αὐτὸ ὁ ἄγγελοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 8:3)
  • Εἰ δέ τινι τὰ ἀνώτατα ἄρθρα ἐξαρθρήσαντα, ἕλκοσ ποιήσαντα, ἐξίσχοι, ταῦτα ἂν ἔτι καὶ ἐμβαλλόμενα ταχυθανατώτατα εἰή, καὶ μὴ ἐμβαλλόμενα κινδυνωδέστατα‧ ἰητρείη δὲ ἤδη εἴρηται, οἱή τισ ἐμοὶ δοκέει ἐπιτηδειοτάτη εἶναι τῶν τοιουτέων. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 66.4)
  • ἐξεποιήθη δ’ ὦν τὰ ἀνώτατα αὐτῆσ πρῶτα, μετὰ δὲ τὰ ἐχόμενα τούτων ἐξεποίευν, τελευταῖα δὲ αὐτῆσ τὰ ἐπίγαια καὶ τὰ κατωτάτω ἐξεποίησαν. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 125 6:1)

Synonyms

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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