ἀριστεύς
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἀριστεύς
Structure:
ἀριστευ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- the best man, the best or noblest, chiefs, princes
Declension
Third declension
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.
- αὕτη γάρ, ὦ ἑταῖρε, φιλοσοφίασ ἀρίστη κρίσισ ἐοίκεν εἶναι καὶ ἀπόδειξισ ἀναντίλεκτοσ. (Lucian, Eunuchus, (no name) 13:3)
- αὐτοί τε οὖν ἤδη συνεληλύθατε, ὅ τι περ ὄφελοσ ἐξ ἑκάστησ πόλεωσ, αὐτὸ δὴ τὸ κεφάλαιον ἁπάντων Μακεδόνων, καὶ ὑποδέχεται πόλισ ἡ ἀρίστη οὖσα οὐ κατὰ Πίσαν μὰ Δί̓ οὐδὲ τὴν κεῖθι στενοχωρίαν καὶ σκηνὰσ καὶ καλύβασ καὶ πνῖγοσ, οἵ τε αὖ πανηγυρισταὶ οὐ συρφετώδησ ὄχλοσ, ἀθλητῶν μᾶλλον φιλοθεάμονεσ, ἐν παρέργῳ οἱ πολλοὶ τὸν Ἡρόδοτον τιθέμενοι, ἀλλὰ ῥητόρων τε καὶ συγγραφέων καὶ σοφιστῶν οἱ δοκιμώτατοι, ὅσον οὐ μικρὸν ἤδη, μὴ τοὐμὸν παρὰ πολὺ ἐνδεέστερον φαίνηται τῶν Ὀλυμπίων. (Lucian, Herodotus 14:1)
- λοιπὸν ὅτι καὶ ἀρίστη δεικτέον, καὶ τοῦτο οὐχ ἁπλῶσ, ἀλλὰ πρῶτον μέν, ὅτι κοινῇ πασῶν διαφέρει τῶν τεχνῶν, εἶτα ὅτι καὶ ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστησ. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 13:2)
- ἐῶ λέγειν ὅτι πόλισ ἐν Ἰταλίᾳ, τοῦ Χαλκιδικοῦ γένουσ ἡ ἀρίστη, καὶ τοῦτο ὥσπερ τι κόσμημα τῷ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ἀγῶνι προστέθεικεν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 32:2)
- ὁ δὲ Λίβυσ ἐρωτηθεὶσ ποία κόπροσ ἀρίστη, "τὰ τοῦ δεσπότου ἴχνη" ἔφη. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 37:3)
