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ἥκιστος
ἥκιστος
Ancient Greek
Adjective
ἥκιστος • (hḗkistos) m (feminine ἡκίστη, neuter ἥκιστον)
- least
- (with infinitive) worst at
- (ἥκιστα (hḗkista) as adverb) least
- (in answer to question) not at all
- (litotes, in the phrase οὐχ ἥκιστα (oukh hḗkista)) not least: above all, especially
Inflection
Declension of ἥκιστος; ἡκίστη; ἥκιστον
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | ἥκιστος | ἡκίστη | ἥκιστον | ἡκίστω | ἡκίστᾱ | ἡκίστω | ἥκιστοι | ἥκισται | ἥκιστᾰ | ||||
| Genitive | ἡκίστου | ἡκίστης | ἡκίστου | ἡκίστοιν | ἡκίσταιν | ἡκίστοιν | ἡκίστων | ἡκίστων | ἡκίστων | ||||
| Dative | ἡκίστῳ | ἡκίστῃ | ἡκίστῳ | ἡκίστοιν | ἡκίσταιν | ἡκίστοιν | ἡκίστοις | ἡκίσταις | ἡκίστοις | ||||
| Accusative | ἥκιστον | ἡκίστην | ἥκιστον | ἡκίστω | ἡκίστᾱ | ἡκίστω | ἡκίστους | ἡκίστᾱς | ἥκιστᾰ | ||||
| Vocative | ἥκιστε | ἡκίστη | ἥκιστον | ἡκίστω | ἡκίστᾱ | ἡκίστω | ἥκιστοι | ἥκισται | ἥκιστᾰ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| ἡκίστως | ἡκιστότερος | ἡκιστότᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- ἐλάχιστος (elákhistos)
References
ἥκιστος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἥκιστος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «ἥκιστος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette