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βέλτιστος
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Ancient Greek
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Etymology
Related to the comparative βελτίων (beltíōn), with the suffix -ιστος (-istos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bél.tis.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbel.tis.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβel.tis.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvel.tis.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvel.tis.tos/
Adjective
βέλτῐστος • (béltĭstos) m (feminine βελτῐ́στη, neuter βέλτῐστον); first/second declension
- superlative degree of ᾰ̓γᾰθός (ăgăthós): best
Usage notes
Used as the superlative of ᾰ̓γᾰθός (ăgăthós), along with ἄρῐστος (árĭstos) and κρᾰ́τῐστος (krắtĭstos).
Declension
Further reading
- “βέλτιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βέλτιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βέλτιστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βέλτιστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- best idem, page 75.
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