ἀριστεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> to [[be best]] or [[bravest]], αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων Il.6.208; ὃς δέ κ' ἀριστεύῃσι μάχῃ ἔνι 11.409; ἐν ἀέθλοισιν ἀ. Pi.''N.''11.14; [[gain the prize for valour]] (v. [[ἀριστεῖα]], τά), [[gain the highest distinction]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.55, 9.105, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 468b, Isoc.9.16.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. gen., <b class="b3">ἀριστεύεσκε μάχεσθαι Τρώων</b> he [[was the best]] of the Trojans... Il.6.460, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.112, 7.106, al.; οὕνεκα βουλῇ ἀριστεύεσκεν ἁπάντων Il.11.627, cf. Pi.''N.''10.10.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. inf., <b class="b3">ἀριστεύεσκε μάχεσθαι</b> [[he was best at]] fighting, Il.16.292,551, etc.; <b class="b3">ἀριστεύεσκε μάχεσθαι Τρώων</b>, v. supr.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c.acc.rei, <b class="b3">ἀ. τι</b> to [[be best in]] a thing, στάδιον Pi.''O.''10(11).64, cf. 13.43; ἰάλεμον Theoc.15.98.<br><span class="bld">5</span> c. acc. cogn., [[win as]] ἀριστεῖα, τὰ πρῶτα καλλιστεῖ' ἀριστεύσας [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 435, cf. 1300; πάντα ἀ. Id.''Tr.''488, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 540a; μεμιγμένην ἀριστείαν ἀ. Plu.''Pel.''34.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, to [[be best]], <b class="b3">ἀριστεύοισαν εὐκάρπου χθονός</b> [[best of all lands]] on fruitful earth, Pi.''N.''1.14; τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθ' ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ A.''Pr.''890 (lyr.); of an opinion, [[prevail]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.144.