κράτιστος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κράτος (krátos) + -ιστος (-istos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /krá.tis.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tis.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tis.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tis.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkra.tis.tos/
Adjective
κρᾰ́τῐστος • (krátistos) m (feminine κρᾰτῐ́στη, neuter κρᾰ́τῐστον); first/second declension
- superlative degree of ᾰ̓γᾰθός (agathós): best
- strongest, mightiest, most powerful
Usage notes
Used as the superlative of ᾰ̓γᾰθός (agathós), along with ἄρῐστος (áristos) and βέλτῐστος (béltistos).
Declension
First and second declension of κρᾰ́τῐστος; κρᾰτῐ́στη; κρᾰ́τῐστον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | κρᾰ́τῐστος krátistos | κρᾰτῐ́στη kratístē | κρᾰ́τῐστον krátiston | κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō | κρᾰτῐ́στᾱ kratístā | κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō | κρᾰ́τῐστοι krátistoi | κρᾰ́τῐσται krátistai | κρᾰ́τῐστᾰ krátista | |||||
Genitive | κρᾰτῐ́στου kratístou | κρᾰτῐ́στης kratístēs | κρᾰτῐ́στου kratístou | κρᾰτῐ́στοιν kratístoin | κρᾰτῐ́σταιν kratístain | κρᾰτῐ́στοιν kratístoin | κρᾰτῐ́στων kratístōn | κρᾰτῐ́στων kratístōn | κρᾰτῐ́στων kratístōn | |||||
Dative | κρᾰτῐ́στῳ kratístōi | κρᾰτῐ́στῃ kratístēi | κρᾰτῐ́στῳ kratístōi | κρᾰτῐ́στοιν kratístoin | κρᾰτῐ́σταιν kratístain | κρᾰτῐ́στοιν kratístoin | κρᾰτῐ́στοις kratístois | κρᾰτῐ́σταις kratístais | κρᾰτῐ́στοις kratístois | |||||
Accusative | κρᾰ́τῐστον krátiston | κρᾰτῐ́στην kratístēn | κρᾰ́τῐστον krátiston | κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō | κρᾰτῐ́στᾱ kratístā | κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō | κρᾰτῐ́στους kratístous | κρᾰτῐ́στᾱς kratístās | κρᾰ́τῐστᾰ krátista | |||||
Vocative | κρᾰ́τῐστε krátiste | κρᾰτῐ́στη kratístē | κρᾰ́τῐστον krátiston | κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō | κρᾰτῐ́στᾱ kratístā | κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō | κρᾰ́τῐστοι krátistoi | κρᾰ́τῐσται krátistai | κρᾰ́τῐστᾰ krátista | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
κρᾰ́τῐστᾰ krátista | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- κράτιστος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κράτιστος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κράτιστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- best idem, page 75.