Ancient Greek Dictionary

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ἥκιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἥκιστος ἥκιστη ἥκιστον

Structure: ἡκιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Sup. of the comp. h(/sswn, the Posit. in use being mikro/s,

Sense

  1. least, least, as little as possible
  2. nay not so, not at all, minime vero

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ή̔κιστος ἡκίστη ή̔κιστον
Genitive ἡκίστου ἡκίστης ἡκίστου
Dative ἡκίστῳ ἡκίστῃ ἡκίστῳ
Accusative ή̔κιστον ἡκίστην ή̔κιστον
Vocative ή̔κιστε ἡκίστη ή̔κιστον
DualN/A/V ἡκίστω ἡκίστᾱ ἡκίστω
G/D ἡκίστοιν ἡκίσταιν ἡκίστοιν
PluralNominative ή̔κιστοι ή̔κισται ή̔κιστα
Genitive ἡκίστων ἡκιστῶν ἡκίστων
Dative ἡκίστοις ἡκίσταις ἡκίστοις
Accusative ἡκίστους ἡκίστᾱς ή̔κιστα
Vocative ή̔κιστοι ή̔κισται ή̔κιστα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ή̔κιστος ἡκίστου ἡκιστότερος ἡκιστοτέρου ἡκιστότατος ἡκιστοτάτου
Adverb ἡκίστως ἡκιστότερον ἡκιστότατα

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

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

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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