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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

  • ἐν τῷ ἀμύνεσθαι παθεῖν μᾶλλον ἡγησάμενοι ἢ ἐνδόντεσ σῴζεσθαι τὸ μὲν αἰσχρὸν τοῦ λόγου ἔφυγον, τὸ δ’ ἔργον τῷ σώματι ὑπέμειναν καὶ δι’ ἐλαχίστου καιροῦ τύχησ ἅμα ἀκμῇ τῆσ δόξησ μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦ δέουσ ἀπηλλάγησαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Thucydidis idiomatibus (epistula ad Ammaeum), chapter 16 1:1)
  • διὸ γίγνεται τῶν τριῶν τούτων ἀριθμῶν ὅ τε μέγιστοσ ἐπόγδοοσ τοῦ μέσου καὶ ὁ μέσοσ τοῦ ἐλαχίστου· (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 18 9:3)
  • σκεψάμενοι γὰρ τὸν ἐξ ἐλαχίστου τριηραρχεῖν βουλόμενον, μεμισθώκασι τὴν λῃτουργίαν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 51-61, 10:5)
  • καὶ ἐάν τισ ὑμῶν ἀμφισβητήσῃ καὶ φῇ ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, οὐκ εὐθὺσ ἀφήσω αὐτὸν οὐδ’ ἄπειμι, ἀλλ’ ἐρήσομαι αὐτὸν καὶ ἐξετάσω καὶ ἐλέγξω, καὶ ἐάν μοι μὴ δοκῇ κεκτῆσθαι ἀρετήν, φάναι δέ, ὀνειδιῶ ὅτι τὰ πλείστου ἄξια περὶ ἐλαχίστου ποιεῖται, τὰ δὲ φαυλότερα περὶ πλείονοσ. (Plato, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, 134:1)
  • οἶμαι μὲν ἔγωγε, ἔφην, οὐ τὰ ἐλαχίστου ἄξια, εἰ μή πέρ γε καὶ ἡ ἐν τῷ σμήνει ἡγεμὼν μέλιττα ἐπ’ ἐλαχίστου ἀξίοισ ἔργοισ ἐφέστηκεν. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 7 18:3)

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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