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ἐλάχιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐλάχιστος ἐλάχιστη ἐλάχιστον

Structure: ἐλαχιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Sup. of e)laxu/s, comp. e)la/sswn,

Sense

  1. the smallest, least, least
  2. shortest, shortest
  3. fewest
  4. at the least
  5. less than the least

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἐλάχιστος ἐλαχίστη ἐλάχιστον
Genitive ἐλαχίστου ἐλαχίστης ἐλαχίστου
Dative ἐλαχίστῳ ἐλαχίστῃ ἐλαχίστῳ
Accusative ἐλάχιστον ἐλαχίστην ἐλάχιστον
Vocative ἐλάχιστε ἐλαχίστη ἐλάχιστον
DualN/A/V ἐλαχίστω ἐλαχίστᾱ ἐλαχίστω
G/D ἐλαχίστοιν ἐλαχίσταιν ἐλαχίστοιν
PluralNominative ἐλάχιστοι ἐλάχισται ἐλάχιστα
Genitive ἐλαχίστων ἐλαχιστῶν ἐλαχίστων
Dative ἐλαχίστοις ἐλαχίσταις ἐλαχίστοις
Accusative ἐλαχίστους ἐλαχίστᾱς ἐλάχιστα
Vocative ἐλάχιστοι ἐλάχισται ἐλάχιστα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐλάχιστος ἐλαχίστου ἐλαχιστότερος ἐλαχιστοτέρου ἐλαχιστότατος ἐλαχιστοτάτου
Adverb ἐλαχίστως ἐλαχιστότερον ἐλαχιστότατα

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

  • τέσσαρα δὲ ἐλάχιστα ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ταῦτα δέ ἐστι σοφώτερα τῶν σοφῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:60)
  • διὰ τοῦτο ἀκούσατε βουλὴν Κυρίου, ἣν ἐβουλεύσατο ἐπὶ τὴν Ἰδουμαίαν, καὶ λογισμὸν αὐτοῦ, ὃν ἐλογίσατο ἐπὶ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ Θαιμάν. ἐὰν μὴ συμψηθῶσι τὰ ἐλάχιστα τῶν προβάτων, ἐὰν μὴ ἀβατωθῇ ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ κατάλυσισ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 29:20)
  • ὕψωμα λάβῃ μέγιστον, ἐξαρθεὶσ ἐν τοῖσ βορείοισ, ἐλάχιστα κινεῖται, τῷ σχολαιοτέρῳ τὸν δρόμον εἰσ ἀσφαλὲσ καθιστάμενοσ. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 6 8:1)
  • Συνορᾷσ μὲν οὖν Καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων τὴν διαφοράν εἰ δὲ δεῖ Καὶ καθ’ ἕκαστον ἀποφήνασθαι, Τιβέριον μὲν ἀρετῇ πεπρωτευκέναι τίθημι πάντων, ἐλάχιστα δὲ ἡμαρτηκέναι τὸ μειράκιον Ἆγιν, πράξει δὲ Καὶ τόλμῃ Γάϊον οὐκ ὀλίγῳ Κλεομένουσ ὕστερον γεγονέναι. (Plutarch, Comparison of Agis and Cleomenes and the Gracchi, chapter 5 6:1)
  • δὲ τοῖσ μορίοισ δημιουργοῦσιν , αἰνιττόμενοι τῶν γερόντων ἐλάχιστα δεῖσθαι διὰ τοῦ σώματοσ ἐνεργούντων, ἐὰν τὸν λόγον ἐνεργόν, ὡσ προσήκει, καὶ γόνιμον ἔχωσιν. (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 28 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. the smallest

  2. at the least

Related

Similar forms

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

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