Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • Διὸσ υἱὲ φερτάτου, ὅσιον οὐκέτι τεᾶν ἔσω κυβερνᾷσ φρενῶν θυμόν· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17 1:7)
  • ἠε͂ν Ἄργοσ ὅθ’ ἵππιον λιποῦσα φεῦγε χρυσέα βοῦσ, εῦρυσθενέοσ φραδαῖσι φερτάτου Διόσ, Ἰνάχου ῥοδοδάκτυλοσ κόρα· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 19 1:4)
  • ἐὰν δ’ ἄρα στρέφῃ με περὶ τὴν γαστέρ’ ἢ τὸν ὀμφαλόν, παρὰ Φερτάτου δακτύλιόσ ἐστί μοι δραχμῆσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 96 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. braver

Related

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