Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

Examples

  • κτείνω δ’ οἳ κήπουσ εὐώδεισ φθείρουσιν λύμαισ ἐχθίσταισ, ἑρπετά τε καὶ δάκετα <πάνθ’> ὅσαπερ ἔστιν ὑπ’ ἐμᾶσ πτέρυγοσ ἐν φοναῖσ ὄλλυται. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, strophe 13)

Synonyms

  1. most hated

  2. most hostile

Related

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

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