Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • κύει δὲ τοὺσ ἐλαχίστουσ μὲν ἑκκαίδεκα μῆνασ, τοὺσ πλείστουσ δὲ ὀκτωκαίδεκα. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 14 7:2)
  • πάντων ἄρ’ ἀνθρώπων ἔσεσθε ἀγνωμονέστατοι καὶ ἐλαχίστουσ ἕξετε τοὺσ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν κινδυνεύοντασ. (Lycurgus, Speeches, 72:2)
  • ἱστορεῖ δ’ Ἀριστοτέλησ τὸν πολύποδα ἔχειν πόδασ ὀκτώ, ὧν τοὺσ μὲν ἄνω δύο καὶ κάτω ἐλαχίστουσ, τοὺσ δ’ ἐν μέσῳ μεγίστουσ ἔχειν δὲ καὶ κοτυληδόνασ δύο, αἷσ τὴν τροφὴν προσάγεσθαι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1013)
  • ἱκέσιόσ φησι τοὺσ σκόμβρουσ ἐλαχίστουσ μὲν εἶναι κατὰ τὸ μέγεθοσ, τροφιμωτέρουσ δὲ τῶν κολιῶν καὶ εὐχυλοτέρουσ, οὐ μὴν εὐεκκριτωτέρουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 1163)
  • ἀνάγκη ἄρα ἐλαχίστουσ εἶναι φίλουσ τῷ ἄριστα ζῶντι, καὶ ἀεὶ ἐλάττουσ γίνεσθαι, καὶ μὴ σπουδάζειν ὅπωσ ὦσι φίλοι, ἀλλ’ ὀλιγωρεῖν μὴ μόνον τῶν χρησίμων, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰσ τὸ συζῆν αἱρετῶν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 228:2)

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.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION