Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἤκιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἤκιστος ἤκιστη ἤκιστον

Structure: ἠκιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sup. adj. from adv. h)=ka

Sense

  1. the gentlest or slowest

Examples

  • βάρδιστοι μὲν γάρ οἱ ἔσαν καλλίτριχεσ ἵπποι, ἤκιστοσ δ’ ἦν αὐτὸσ ἐλαυνέμεν ἁρ́μ’ ἐν ἀγῶνι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 23 48:11)

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

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