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ἄριστον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄριστον ἀρίστου

Structure: ἀριστ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: a in Epic, a in attic

Sense

  1. morning meal, breakfast (early usage, i.e. Homeric)
  2. lunch (later usage, replaced with ἀκράτισμα as word for breakfast)

Declension

Second 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.

Examples

  • οὗτοι δὲ τοὺσ μὲν ἀγαθοὺσ τῶν ἀνδρῶν καὶ δικαίουσ καὶ κατ’ ἀρετὴν βεβιωκότασ, ἐπειδὰν συναλισθῶσι πολλοί, καθάπερ εἰσ ἀποικίαν τινὰ πέμπουσιν εἰσ τὸ Ἠλύσιον πεδίον τῷ ἀρίστῳ βίῳ συνεσομένουσ. (Lucian, (no name) 7:3)
  • ἣ δὲ θεῷ δμηθεῖσα καὶ ἀνέρι πολλὸν ἀρίστῳ Θήβῃ ἐν ἑπταπύλῳ διδυμάονε γείνατο παῖδε, οὐ καθ’ ὁμὰ φρονέοντε· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 3:5)
  • τὼ ἐργάζεσθαι ἀρίστω. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:16)
  • ὦ ξένε, πολλοὶ μὲν καὶ ἄλλοι χρηστοὶ καὶ δεξιοὶ ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν, καὶ οὐκ αν ἀλλαχόθι τοσούτουσ εὑρ́οισ ἄνδρασ ἀγαθούσ, δύο δὲ μάλιστά ἐστον ἡμῖν ἄνδρε ἀρίστω, γένει μὲν καὶ ἀξιώματι πολὺ προὔχοντοσ ἁπάντων, παιδείᾳ δὲ καὶ λόγων δυνάμει τῇ Ἀττικῇ δεκάδι παραβάλλοισ ἄν· (Lucian, Scytha 21:2)
  • τὼ ἀρίστω βίω πωλῶ, τὼ σοφωτάτω πάντων ἀποκηρύττομεν. (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 13:5)

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