φέριστος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same root as φέρτατος (phértatos), φέρτερος (phérteros, “best, bravest”), with the comparative suffix -ιστος (-istos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰé.ris.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰe.ris.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸe.ris.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfe.ris.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfe.ris.tos/
Adjective
φέριστος • (phéristos)
- suppletive superlative degree of ἀγαθός (agathós): best, bravest
Usage notes
Used chiefly in the vocative.
Declension
First and second declension of φέριστος; φερίστᾱ; φέριστον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | φέριστος phéristos | φερίστᾱ pherístā | φέριστον phériston | φερίστω pherístō | φερίστᾱ pherístā | φερίστω pherístō | φέριστοι phéristoi | φέρισται phéristai | φέριστᾰ phérista | |||||
Genitive | φερίστου pherístou | φερίστᾱς pherístās | φερίστου pherístou | φερίστοιν pherístoin | φερίσταιν pherístain | φερίστοιν pherístoin | φερίστων pherístōn | φερίστων pherístōn | φερίστων pherístōn | |||||
Dative | φερίστῳ pherístōi | φερίστᾳ pherístāi | φερίστῳ pherístōi | φερίστοιν pherístoin | φερίσταιν pherístain | φερίστοιν pherístoin | φερίστοις pherístois | φερίσταις pherístais | φερίστοις pherístois | |||||
Accusative | φέριστον phériston | φερίστᾱν pherístān | φέριστον phériston | φερίστω pherístō | φερίστᾱ pherístā | φερίστω pherístō | φερίστους pherístous | φερίστᾱς pherístās | φέριστᾰ phérista | |||||
Vocative | φέριστε phériste | φερίστᾱ pherístā | φέριστον phériston | φερίστω pherístō | φερίστᾱ pherístā | φερίστω pherístō | φέριστοι phéristoi | φέρισται phéristai | φέριστᾰ phérista | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
φέριστᾰ phérista | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “φέριστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φέριστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φέριστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “φέριστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φέριστος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- noble idem, page 559.