φέρτατος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[bravest]], [[best]], πολὺ φ. <span class="bibl">Il.1.581</span>, etc.; μέγα φ. <span class="bibl">16.21</span>, cf. <span class="title">Lyr.Alex.Adesp.</span>25, etc.: c. dat. modi, χερσίν τε βίηφί τε φ. ἦσαν <span class="bibl">Od.12.246</span>; περὶ δ' ἔγχει Ἀχαιῶν φ. ἐσσι <span class="bibl">Il.7.289</span>; ὄλβῳ φ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span> 10.13</span>: of things, <b class="b3">κακῶν φέρτατον</b> [[the best]], i.e. [[least bad]], among evils, <span class="bibl">Il.17.105</span>; λόγοι φ. [[best]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.48</span>; ὄ τι φέρτατον ἀνδρὶ τυχεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span> 7.26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in form [[φέριστος]], ἄνδρα φέριστον <span class="bibl">Il.9.110</span>; μὴ φῦναι φέριστον <span class="bibl">B.5.160</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>126</span> (<b class="b3">φέρτ-</b> cj. Boeckh): mostly voc. [[φέριστε]], <span class="bibl">Il.6.123</span>, <span class="bibl">15.247</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.125</span>, etc.; φέριστοι <span class="bibl">Il.23.409</span>; φέριστε Καδμείων ἄναξ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>39</span>; ὦ φ. δεσποτῶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1149</span>; εἶεν, ὦ φ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>238d</span>; </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Comp. φέρτερος, α, ον, [[braver]], [[better]], of persons, πολὺ φ. <span class="bibl">Il.4.56</span>, etc.: c. dat. modi, βίῃ καὶ χερσὶ καὶ ἔγχεϊ φ. <span class="bibl">3.431</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.6.6</span>; φ. οὐκ ὀλίγον ἔγχει <span class="bibl">Il.19.217</span>: c. inf., θεοὶ . . φέρτεροί εἰσι νοῆσαι <span class="bibl">Od.5.170</span>; φ. γόνος πατρός <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).35</span>; παῖδα φ. πατρός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>768</span>: of things, <b class="b3">ἀγών, νόστος</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>1.35</span>; <b class="b3">πολὺ φέρτερόν ἐστιν</b> 'tis much [[better]], <span class="bibl">Il.1.169</span>; <b class="b3">τί φ. ἢ</b> . . c. inf., <span class="bibl">B.4.18</span>: c. inf., <span class="bibl">Od.12.109</span>, <span class="bibl">21.154</span>; εἰς τὸ φ. τίθει τὸ μέλλον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>346</span> (lyr.). Adv., τέττιγος φέρτερον ᾄδεις <span class="bibl">Theoc.1.148</span>. (From root <b class="b3">φερ-</b> 'bring', 'produce': ἀπὸ τοῦ φέρειν βέλτιον Hsch.) </span>