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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

  • ὁ γὰρ ἐλάχιστοσ συγγνωστόσ ἐστιν ἐλέουσ, δυνατοὶ δὲ δυνατῶσ ἐτασθήσονται. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 6:6)
  • ὁ ὀλιγοστὸσ ἔσται εἰσ χιλιάδασ καὶ ὁ ἐλάχιστοσ εἰσ ἔθνοσ μέγα. ἐγὼ Κύριοσ κατὰ καιρὸν συνάξω αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 60:22)
  • "τούτων ὁ μέγιστοσ ἦν μετρητῶν ἕξ, ὁ δὲ ἐλάχιστοσ δύο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:136)
  • "καὶ ληνόσ, ἐν ᾗ ἦσαν βῖκοι δέκα, ὁλκεῖα δύο, ἑκάτερον χωροῦν μετρητὰσ πέντε, κώθωνεσ διμέτρητοι δύο, ψυκτῆρεσ εἴκοσι δύο, ὧν ὁ μέγιστοσ ἐχώρει μετρητὰσ τριάκοντα, ὁ δὲ ἐλάχιστοσ μετρητήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:139)
  • τῆσ δ’ ἀδολεσχίασ ἂν ἐλάχιστοσ ἅψηται λόγοσ, εὐθὺσ ἀντιπεριηχεῖ κινοῦσα χορδὰσ τὰσ ἀκινήτουσ φρενῶν. (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 1 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. the smallest

  2. at the least

Related

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

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