ἐλάχιστος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐλαχύς (elakhús) + -ιστος (-istos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.lá.kʰis.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈla.kʰis.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈla.çis.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈla.çis.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈla.çis.tos/
Adjective
ἐλᾰ́χῐστος • (elákhistos) m (feminine ἐλᾰχῐ́στη, neuter ἐλᾰ́χῐστον); first/second declension
- superlative degree of ἐλᾰχύς (elakhús): smallest, least, shortest, fewest
Declension
First and second declension of ἐλᾰ́χῐστος; ἐλᾰχῐ́στη; ἐλᾰ́χῐστον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἐλᾰ́χῐστος elákhistos | ἐλᾰχῐ́στη elakhístē | ἐλᾰ́χῐστον elákhiston | ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō | ἐλᾰχῐ́στᾱ elakhístā | ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō | ἐλᾰ́χῐστοι elákhistoi | ἐλᾰ́χῐσται elákhistai | ἐλᾰ́χῐστᾰ elákhista | |||||
Genitive | ἐλᾰχῐ́στου elakhístou | ἐλᾰχῐ́στης elakhístēs | ἐλᾰχῐ́στου elakhístou | ἐλᾰχῐ́στοιν elakhístoin | ἐλᾰχῐ́σταιν elakhístain | ἐλᾰχῐ́στοιν elakhístoin | ἐλᾰχῐ́στων elakhístōn | ἐλᾰχῐ́στων elakhístōn | ἐλᾰχῐ́στων elakhístōn | |||||
Dative | ἐλᾰχῐ́στῳ elakhístōi | ἐλᾰχῐ́στῃ elakhístēi | ἐλᾰχῐ́στῳ elakhístōi | ἐλᾰχῐ́στοιν elakhístoin | ἐλᾰχῐ́σταιν elakhístain | ἐλᾰχῐ́στοιν elakhístoin | ἐλᾰχῐ́στοις elakhístois | ἐλᾰχῐ́σταις elakhístais | ἐλᾰχῐ́στοις elakhístois | |||||
Accusative | ἐλᾰ́χῐστον elákhiston | ἐλᾰχῐ́στην elakhístēn | ἐλᾰ́χῐστον elákhiston | ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō | ἐλᾰχῐ́στᾱ elakhístā | ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō | ἐλᾰχῐ́στους elakhístous | ἐλᾰχῐ́στᾱς elakhístās | ἐλᾰ́χῐστᾰ elákhista | |||||
Vocative | ἐλᾰ́χῐστε elákhiste | ἐλᾰχῐ́στη elakhístē | ἐλᾰ́χῐστον elákhiston | ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō | ἐλᾰχῐ́στᾱ elakhístā | ἐλᾰχῐ́στω elakhístō | ἐλᾰ́χῐστοι elákhistoi | ἐλᾰ́χῐσται elákhistai | ἐλᾰ́χῐστᾰ elákhista | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐλᾰ́χῐστᾰ elákhista | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τοὐλάχιστον (toulákhiston)
Further reading
- “ἐλάχιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐλάχιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐλάχιστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐλάχιστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- infinitesimal idem, page 438.
- least idem, page 483.