1. ἄριστος · aristos — Beekes
the best, first, noblest
The corpus record
ἄριστος
aristos
the best, first, noblest
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Bel et Draco (LXX) 2 · 23.81/10k
- Defense Against A Charge Of Taking Bribes 3 · 23.18/10k
- For Polystratus 4 · 20.95/10k
- Works and Days 12 · 20.82/10k
- Epinomis 13 · 20.61/10k
- Ion 8 · 19.94/10k
- Against Aristogeiton 2 3 · 17.85/10k
- Minos 5 · 17.53/10k
- To Nicocles 5 · 16.61/10k
- Politics 103 · 15.77/10k
- Hippias Minor 6 · 13.77/10k
- Laches 10 · 13.03/10k
Densest 12 of 148 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἄριστος · aristos — Chantraine
voir sous ἀρείων
3. ἄριστος · aristos — Frisk
nach Geburt und Rang
4. ἄριστος · aristos — Frisk
gehört als primärer Superlativ zum hochstufigen Komparativ ἀρείων (5
5. ἄριστος · aristos — Frisk
Zur Kürzung Aoro- aus Aotoro- in thess
6. ἄριστος · aristos — LSJ
best, noblest, a chief, bravest, readiest, easiest, morally best, most useful
Attestations
- ἄριστος · aristos Iliad 1.69
- ἄριστος · aristos Iliad 1.91
- ἄριστον · ariston Iliad 1.244
- ἄριστον · ariston Iliad 1.412
- ἀρίστη · aristē Iliad 2.5
- ἄριστος · aristos Iliad 2.82
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 179; entry #686 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 123; entry #755 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 170; entry #660 Review: Under source audit
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