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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

  • αἱ δὲ ἅμαξαί εἰσιν αἱ μὲν ἐλάχισται τετράκυκλοι, αἱ δὲ ἑξάκυκλοι‧ αὗται δὲ πίλοισ περιπεφραγμέναι‧ εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ τετεχνασμέναι ὥσπερ οἰκήματα τὰ μὲν διπλᾶ, τὰ δὲ τριπλᾶ. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , xviii.5)
  • ἐλάχισται γὰρ Ῥοπαὶ κινήσεων τὴν ἐκκριτικὴν ταύτην οἰακίζουσι δύναμιν, ὡσ ἂν διὰ τῶν ἐγκαρσίων μὲν ἰνῶν γιγνομένην, ὠκύτατα δὲ διαδιδομένην ἀπὸ τῆσ κινησάσησ ἀρχῆσ ἐπὶ τὰ καταντικρὺ πέρατα. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., G, section 1343)
  • ὅσα δὲ ἀδύνατα συμβαίνει ἢ ἄτοπα τοῖσ ἄλλωσ λέγουσι, καὶ ποῖα οἱ χαριεστέρωσ λέγοντεσ, καὶ ἐπὶ ποίων ἐλάχισται ἀπορίαι, δεῖ μὴ λανθάνειν. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 12 131:1)
  • οὕτω γὰρ ἄν μοι δοκεῖ ἥ τε πόλισ ἄριστα διοικεῖσθαι, αἵ τε κρίσεισ ἐλάχισται γίγνεσθαι. (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 2 1:2)
  • τὰσ τιμὰσ εἶναι τῶν ὠνίων τῶν πρὸσ τὸν καθ’ ἡμέραν βίον, αἵτινεσ ἐγένοντ’ ἐλάχισται πρὸ τῆσ ἐμφυλίου στάσεωσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books VII-IX, book 7, chapter 37 3:3)

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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