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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

  • ἄλλῳ δέ τινι στρατοπέδων ἅμα καὶ ἔθνουσ τοῦ μεγίστου τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐμπιστευθέντι ἐκ βασιλέωσ ἐρομένῳ, πῶσ ἄριστα ἄρξει; (Lucian, (no name) 51:1)
  • τοιαῦτα πολὺ μαντικώτεροι ὑμῶν οἱ γεωργοί, καὶ ἄριστα μαντεύσαιντ̓ ἂν ἡμῖν περὶ αὐτῶν, ὅτι ὕσαντοσ μὲν τοῦ θεοῦ εὐθαλῆ ἔσται τὰ δράγματα, ἢν δὲ αὐχμὸσ ἐπιλάβῃ καὶ διψήσωσιν αἱ ἄρουραι, οὐδεμία μηχανὴ μὴ οὐχὶ λιμὸν ἐπακολουθῆσαι τῷ δίψει αὐτῶν, καὶ ὅτι οὐ μεσοῦντοσ θέρουσ χρὴ ἀροῦν, ἢ οὐκ ἄν τι ὄφελοσ γένοιτο εἰκῆ ἐκχυθέντων τῶν σπερμάτων, οὐδὲ ἀμᾶν ἔτι χλωρὸν τὸν στάχυν, ἢ κενὸν εὑρεθήσεσθαι τὸν καρπόν. (Lucian, 12:1)
  • "ὁ βίοσ ἄριστα δημιουργήματα ἐθεάσατο, τὸν Δία τὸν Ὀλύμπιον καὶ Πρωτέα· (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 7:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ τῶν ἰατρῶν ὅ γε νοῦν ἔχων οὐ τοὺσ ἄριστα ὑπὲρ τῆσ τέχνησ εἰπεῖν δυναμένουσ μεταστέλλεται νοσῶν, ἀλλὰ τοὺσ πρᾶξαί τι κατ’ αὐτὴν μεμελετηκότασ. (Lucian, (no name) 1:2)
  • οὔτε γὰρ νέοσ καλὸσ κἀγαθὸσ ἄλλον ἂν προτιμήσαι τοῦ πατρὸσ οὔτε πατὴρ καταμελήσασ τοῦ παιδὸσ ἕτερον ἂν στέρξαι νέον, ἀλλὰ τοσοῦτόν γε οἱ πατέρεσ νικώμενοι προσνέμουσι τοῖσ παισίν, ὥστε καὶ κάλλιστοι καὶ μέγιστοι καὶ τοῖσ πᾶσιν ἄριστα κεκοσμημένοι οἱ παῖδεσ αὐτοῖσ εἶναι δοκοῦσιν. (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 3:2)

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