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ἔχθιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔχθιστος ἔχθιστη ἔχθιστον

Structure: ἐχθιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. most hated, most hateful
  2. most hostile, bitterest enemies

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative έ̓χθιστος ἐχθίστη έ̓χθιστον
Genitive ἐχθίστου ἐχθίστης ἐχθίστου
Dative ἐχθίστῳ ἐχθίστῃ ἐχθίστῳ
Accusative έ̓χθιστον ἐχθίστην έ̓χθιστον
Vocative έ̓χθιστε ἐχθίστη έ̓χθιστον
DualN/A/V ἐχθίστω ἐχθίστᾱ ἐχθίστω
G/D ἐχθίστοιν ἐχθίσταιν ἐχθίστοιν
PluralNominative έ̓χθιστοι έ̓χθισται έ̓χθιστα
Genitive ἐχθίστων ἐχθιστῶν ἐχθίστων
Dative ἐχθίστοις ἐχθίσταις ἐχθίστοις
Accusative ἐχθίστους ἐχθίστᾱς έ̓χθιστα
Vocative έ̓χθιστοι έ̓χθισται έ̓χθιστα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̓χθιστος ἐχθίστου ἐχθιστότερος ἐχθιστοτέρου ἐχθιστότατος ἐχθιστοτάτου
Adverb ἐχθίστως ἐχθιστότερον ἐχθιστότατα

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

  • ὃ δ’ εἶπον δεινὸν καὶ ἀνέλπιστον τοῦ πολέμου γενέσθαι, τόδε λέγω τὸ εἰσ τοσοῦτον φιλονικίασ ἐλθεῖν πρὸσ τὴν πόλιν τοὺσ ἄλλουσ Ἕλληνασ, ὥστε τολμῆσαι τῷ ἐχθίστῳ ἐπικηρυκεύσασθαι βασιλεῖ, ὃν κοινῇ ἐξέβαλον μεθ’ ἡμῶν, ἰδίᾳ τοῦτον πάλιν ἐπάγεσθαι, βάρβαρον ἐφ’ Ἕλληνασ, καὶ συναθροῖσαι ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν πάντασ Ἕλληνάσ τε καὶ βαρβάρουσ. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 60:1)
  • καὶ ὕπατοι αὐτοῖσ καθίστανται Κόιντόσ τε Κάτλοσ ἀπὸ τῶν Συλλείων καὶ Λέπιδοσ Αἰμίλιοσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐναντίων, ἐχθίστω τε ἀλλήλοιν καὶ εὐθὺσ ἀρξαμένω διαφέρεσθαι. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 1, chapter 12 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. most hated

  2. most hostile

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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