ἄριστος

See also: άριστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éristos (“fittest”), the superlative of *h₂er- (“to fit, be suitable”). Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (arra-, “wash”), Tocharian A yär- (“wash”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ris.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ris.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ris.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ris.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ris.tos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓́ρῐστος • (áristos) m (feminine ᾰ̓ρῐ́στη, neuter ᾰ̓́ρῐστον); first/second declension

best

Usage notes

Used as the superlative of ᾰ̓γᾰθός (agathós), along with βέλτῐστος (béltistos) and κρᾰ́τῐστος (krátistos).

Declension

First and second declension of ἄρῐστος; ἀρῐ́στη; ἄρῐστον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἄρῐστος áristos	ἀρῐ́στη arístē	ἄρῐστον áriston	ἀρῐ́στω arístō	ἀρῐ́στᾱ arístā	ἀρῐ́στω arístō	ἄρῐστοι áristoi	ἄρῐσται áristai	ἄρῐστᾰ árista
Genitive	ἀρῐ́στου arístou	ἀρῐ́στης arístēs	ἀρῐ́στου arístou	ἀρῐ́στοιν arístoin	ἀρῐ́σταιν arístain	ἀρῐ́στοιν arístoin	ἀρῐ́στων arístōn	ἀρῐ́στων arístōn	ἀρῐ́στων arístōn
Dative	ἀρῐ́στῳ arístōi	ἀρῐ́στῃ arístēi	ἀρῐ́στῳ arístōi	ἀρῐ́στοιν arístoin	ἀρῐ́σταιν arístain	ἀρῐ́στοιν arístoin	ἀρῐ́στοις arístois	ἀρῐ́σταις arístais	ἀρῐ́στοις arístois
Accusative	ἄρῐστον áriston	ἀρῐ́στην arístēn	ἄρῐστον áriston	ἀρῐ́στω arístō	ἀρῐ́στᾱ arístā	ἀρῐ́στω arístō	ἀρῐ́στους arístous	ἀρῐ́στᾱς arístās	ἄρῐστᾰ árista
Vocative	ἄρῐστε áriste	ἀρῐ́στη arístē	ἄρῐστον áriston	ἀρῐ́στω arístō	ἀρῐ́στᾱ arístā	ἀρῐ́στω arístō	ἄρῐστοι áristoi	ἄρῐσται áristai	ἄρῐστᾰ árista
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἀρῐ́στως arístōs			ἀρῐστότερος aristóteros			ἀρῐστότᾰτος aristótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ᾰ̓ρῐστεύς (aristeús)

References

ἄριστος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἄριστος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἄριστος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἄριστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἄριστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἄριστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
ἄριστος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
ἄριστος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- best idem, page 75.
- peerless idem, page 602.
Joseph Harold Greenberg, Indo-European and its closest relatives. 2. Lexicon. p.23

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