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φέρτατος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φέρτατος φέρτατη φέρτατον

Structure: φερτατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: The posit. occurs in proferh/s: perh. the Root is fe/resqai, so that the orig. sense would be quick in action, vigorous.

Sense

  1. bravest, best, the best, least bad
  2. braver, better, better

Examples

  • "Ὑμέων, ὦ πέρι δὴ μέγα φέρτατοι, ἀμφί τ’ ἀέθλοισ ὧν κάμον ὑμετέροισιν, ἀτύζομαι· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 16:28)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ὑπακουὸσ ἀείδω Πιερίδων, καὶ τήνδε πανατρεκὲσ ἔκλυον ὀμφήν, ὑμέασ, ὦ πέρι δὴ μέγα φέρτατοι υἱε͂σ ἀνάκτων, ᾗ βίῃ ᾗ τ’ ἀρετῇ Λιβύησ ἀνὰ θῖνασ ἐρήμουσ νῆα μεταχρονίην ὅσα τ’ ἔνδοθι νηὸσ ἄγεσθε, ἀνθεμένουσ ὤμοισι φέρειν δυοκαίδεκα πάντα ἤμαθ’ ὁμοῦ νύκτασ τε. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 22:10)
  • τόφρα δέ μοι Σκύλλη γλαφυρῆσ ἐκ νηὸσ ἑταίρουσ ἓξ ἕλεθ’, οἳ χερσίν τε βίηφί τε φέρτατοι ἦσαν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 12 26:7)

Synonyms

  1. braver

Related

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

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