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|Definition=η, ον, Ep. κάρτ- (as always in Hom.), isolated Superl. from <b class="b3">κρατύς</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">strongest, mightiest</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.266</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">θεῶν κ</b>., i.e. Zeus. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>14.13</span>; <b class="b3">κ. Ἑλλήνων</b>, i.e. Achilles, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>3</span>: in Prose, εἰ τοὺς κ. ἐνικήσαμεν <span class="bibl">Th.7.67</span>; <b class="b3">Λημνίων τὸ κ</b>. <b class="b2">the best</b> of their men, <span class="bibl">Id.5.8</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ δυνάμεως κ</b>. <b class="b2">the strength</b> or <b class="b2">flower</b> of... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.28</span>, etc.; of things, <b class="b3">καρτίστην . . μάχην</b> <b class="b2">fiercest</b> fight, <span class="bibl">Il.6.185</span>; δεσμὸς κ. <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.99a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">best, most excellent</b>, as Sup. of <b class="b3">ἀγαθός</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.17</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 1050</span>, etc.: colloquially, "ἄνδρα κ. εἰπών <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Char.</span>5.2</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ κράτιστοι</b> <b class="b2">the aristocracy</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.1.42</span>, v. [[ἀγαθός]] <span class="bibl">1</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ. τῆς χώρας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.4.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> as a title or mode of address, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span> 1.3</span>; esp. = Lat. <b class="b2">egregius</b>, ὁ κ. ἡγεμών <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>p.33</span> (i A.D.); ὁ κ. ἐπίτροπος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>891</span> (ii A.D.); <b class="b3">ἡ κ</b>., of a woman of the <b class="b2">equester ordo</b>, IG14. 1346; also, = Lat. <b class="b2">clarissimus</b>, of Senators, <b class="b3">ὁ κ. ἀνθὐπατος</b> ib.9(1).61; ὁ κ. συγκλητικός <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.581, etc.; ἡ κ. βουλή <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>2108.6</span> (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> with modal words added, κ. τὴν ψυχήν <span class="bibl">Th.2.40</span>; <b class="b3">πάντων πάντα κ</b>. <b class="b2">best</b> of all in... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.9.2</span>; ἔν τινι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.4.5</span>; εἴς τι <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phlb.</span>67b</span>; περί τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>257a</span>; πρός τι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.16</span>: c. inf., <b class="b2">best at</b> doing, <span class="bibl">Th.2.81</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>267d</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.4.1</span>, etc.: c. part., τῶν ἡλίκων κ. εἶναι ἀκοντίζων καὶ τοξεύων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> neut. folld. by inf., <b class="b3">φυγέειν κάρτιστον</b> to flee were <b class="b2">best</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.12.120</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span> 379</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>80</span>, etc.: in pl., κράτιστα . . ἑλεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>384</span>: abs., <b class="b3">ὅπερ κ</b>. the <b class="b2">main point</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.143</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Adv. usages, <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου</b> <b class="b2">in all good faith</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.8.17.4</span>; κατὰ τὸ κ. <span class="bibl">D.H.2.22</span>: neut. pl. <b class="b3">κράτιστα</b> as Adv., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.16</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ages.</span>1.25</span>.—The Comp. in use is <b class="b3">κρείσσων</b> (q.v.).</span>
|Definition=η, ον, Ep. κάρτ- (as always in Hom.), isolated Superl. from <b class="b3">κρατύς</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">strongest, mightiest</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.1.266</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">θεῶν κ</b>., i.e. Zeus. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>14.13</span>; <b class="b3">κ. Ἑλλήνων</b>, i.e. Achilles, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>3</span>: in Prose, εἰ τοὺς κ. ἐνικήσαμεν <span class="bibl">Th.7.67</span>; <b class="b3">Λημνίων τὸ κ</b>. <b class="b2">the best</b> of their men, <span class="bibl">Id.5.8</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ δυνάμεως κ</b>. <b class="b2">the strength</b> or <b class="b2">flower</b> of... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.1.28</span>, etc.; of things, <b class="b3">καρτίστην . . μάχην</b> <b class="b2">fiercest</b> fight, <span class="bibl">Il.6.185</span>; δεσμὸς κ. <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.99a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">best, most excellent</b>, as Sup. of <b class="b3">ἀγαθός</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.17</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 1050</span>, etc.: colloquially, "ἄνδρα κ. εἰπών <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Char.</span>5.2</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ κράτιστοι</b> <b class="b2">the aristocracy</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.1.42</span>, v. [[ἀγαθός]] <span class="bibl">1</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ κ. τῆς χώρας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.4.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> as a title or mode of address, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span> 1.3</span>; esp. = Lat. <b class="b2">egregius</b>, ὁ κ. ἡγεμών <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFay.</span>p.33</span> (i A.D.); ὁ κ. ἐπίτροπος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>891</span> (ii A.D.); <b class="b3">ἡ κ</b>., of a woman of the <b class="b2">equester ordo</b>, IG14. 1346; also, = Lat. <b class="b2">clarissimus</b>, of Senators, <b class="b3">ὁ κ. ἀνθὐπατος</b> ib.9(1).61; ὁ κ. συγκλητικός <span class="title">IGRom.</span>3.581, etc.; ἡ κ. βουλή <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>2108.6</span> (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">c</span> with modal words added, κ. τὴν ψυχήν <span class="bibl">Th.2.40</span>; <b class="b3">πάντων πάντα κ</b>. <b class="b2">best</b> of all in... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.9.2</span>; ἔν τινι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.4.5</span>; εἴς τι <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phlb.</span>67b</span>; περί τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>257a</span>; πρός τι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.16</span>: c. inf., <b class="b2">best at</b> doing, <span class="bibl">Th.2.81</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>267d</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.4.1</span>, etc.: c. part., τῶν ἡλίκων κ. εἶναι ἀκοντίζων καὶ τοξεύων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> neut. folld. by inf., <b class="b3">φυγέειν κάρτιστον</b> to flee were <b class="b2">best</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.12.120</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span> 379</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>80</span>, etc.: in pl., κράτιστα . . ἑλεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>384</span>: abs., <b class="b3">ὅπερ κ</b>. the <b class="b2">main point</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.143</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Adv. usages, <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου</b> <b class="b2">in all good faith</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.8.17.4</span>; κατὰ τὸ κ. <span class="bibl">D.H.2.22</span>: neut. pl. <b class="b3">κράτιστα</b> as Adv., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.16</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ages.</span>1.25</span>.—The Comp. in use is <b class="b3">κρείσσων</b> (q.v.).</span>
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|lstext='''κράτιστος''': ᾰ, η, ον, Ἐπικ. κάρτ- (ὡς ἀείποτε παρ’ Ὁμ.), μεμονωμένον ὑπερθ. ἐκ τοῦ [[κρατύς]]· ([[κράτος]])· ― ὁ ἰσχυρότατος, ὁ δυνατώτατος, ὁ ἄριστος, Ἰλ. Α. 266, κτλ.· κρ. θεῶν, δηλ. ὁ Ζεύς, Πινδ. Ο. 14. 20· κρ. Ἑλλήνων, ὅ ἐστιν ὁ [[Ἀχιλλεύς]], Σοφ. Φ. 3· [[ὡσαύτως]] ἐν τῷ πεζῷ λόγῳ, εἰ τοὺς κρ. νικήσαιμεν Θουκ. 7. 67· Λημνίων τὸ κρ., οἱ ἄριστοι ἐκ τῶν Λημνίων, Θουκ. 5. 8· δυνάμεως τὸ κρ., τὸ [[ἄνθος]], τὸ ἄριστον [[μέρος]] τῆς δυνάμεως..., Ξεν. Κύρ. 6. 1, 28, κτλ.· ― ἐπὶ πραγμάτων, καρτίστην... μάχην, ἡ ἀγριωτάτη [[μάχη]], Ἰλ. Ζ. 185· δεσμὸς κρ. Τίμ. Λοκρ. 99Α. 2) [[καθόλου]], ἄριστος, [[ἔξοχος]], ἐξοχώτατος, ὡς ὑπερθ. τοῦ [[ἀγαθός]], Πινδ. Π. 1. 25, Σοφ. Ἀντ. 1050, κτλ.· ― οἱ κράτιστοι, ὡς οἱ βέλτιστοι, περὶ τῶν εἰς τὴν ἀριστοκρατίαν ἀνηκόντων, Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 7. 1, 42, ἴδε ἀγαθὸς Ι· ― τὰ κρ. τῆς χώρας [[αὐτόθι]] 3. 4, 20. β) ὁριζόμενον διὰ λέξεων τροπικῶν ἢ τοῦ κατά τι, κρ. τὴν ψυχὴν Θουκ. 2. 40· πάντων πάντα κρ., ὁ ἄριστος πάντων εἰς ὅλα, Ξεν. Ἀν. 1. 9, 2· ἔν τινι ὁ αὐτ. εἰς Ἀπομν. 3. 4, 5· εἴς τι Πλάτ. Φίληβ. 67Β· [[περί]] τι ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Πολιτ. 257Α· [[πρός]] τι Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 3. 4, 16· οὕτω μετ’ ἀπαρ., ἱκανώτατος εἰς τὸ πράττειν, Θουκ. 2. 81, πρβλ. Πλάτ. Φαῖδρ. 267D, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 1. 4, 1, κτλ.· καὶ [[μετὰ]] μετοχῆς, τῶν ἡλίκων κρ. [[εἶναι]] ἀκοντίζων καὶ τοξεύων Ξεν. Κύρ. 1. 3, 15. 3) οὐδ. ἑπομένου ἀπαρεμφ., φυγέειν κάρτιστον (δηλ. ἦν), «τὸ καλλίτερον» ἦτο ἡ [[φυγή]], Ὀδ. Μ. 120, πρβλ. Εὐρ. Ἡλ. 370, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 80, κτλ.· καὶ ἐν τῷ πληθ., κράτιστα... [[ἑλεῖν]] Εὐρ. Μήδ. 384. 4) ἐπιρρηματ. χρήσεις, ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου, σπουδαίως, σοβαρῶς, Πολύβ. 8. 19, 4· κατὰ τὸ κρ. Διον. Ἁλ. 2. 22· ― [[ὡσαύτως]] οὐδ. πληθ., κράτιστα, ὡς ἐπίρρ., Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 3. 4, 16, Ἀγησ. 1, 25. ― Τὸ ἐν χρήσει συγκρ. [[εἶναι]] [[κρείσσων]], ὃ ἴδε.
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Transliteration A: krátistos Transliteration B: kratistos Transliteration C: kratistos Beta Code: kra/tistos

English (LSJ)

η, ον, Ep. κάρτ- (as always in Hom.), isolated Superl. from κρατύς,

   A strongest, mightiest, Il.1.266, etc.; θεῶν κ., i.e. Zeus. Pi.O.14.13; κ. Ἑλλήνων, i.e. Achilles, S.Ph.3: in Prose, εἰ τοὺς κ. ἐνικήσαμεν Th.7.67; Λημνίων τὸ κ. the best of their men, Id.5.8; τὸ δυνάμεως κ. the strength or flower of... X.Cyr.6.1.28, etc.; of things, καρτίστην . . μάχην fiercest fight, Il.6.185; δεσμὸς κ. Ti.Locr.99a.    2 generally, best, most excellent, as Sup. of ἀγαθός, Pi.I.1.17, S.Ant. 1050, etc.: colloquially, "ἄνδρα κ. εἰπών Thphr. Char.5.2; οἱ κράτιστοι the aristocracy, X.HG7.1.42, v. ἀγαθός 1; τὰ κ. τῆς χώρας ib.3.4.20.    b as a title or mode of address, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε Ev.Luc. 1.3; esp. = Lat. egregius, ὁ κ. ἡγεμών PFay.p.33 (i A.D.); ὁ κ. ἐπίτροπος BGU891 (ii A.D.); ἡ κ., of a woman of the equester ordo, IG14. 1346; also, = Lat. clarissimus, of Senators, ὁ κ. ἀνθὐπατος ib.9(1).61; ὁ κ. συγκλητικός IGRom.3.581, etc.; ἡ κ. βουλή POxy.2108.6 (iii A. D.).    c with modal words added, κ. τὴν ψυχήν Th.2.40; πάντων πάντα κ. best of all in... X.An.1.9.2; ἔν τινι Id.Mem.3.4.5; εἴς τι Pl. Phlb.67b; περί τι Id.Plt.257a; πρός τι X.HG3.4.16: c. inf., best at doing, Th.2.81, Pl.Phdr.267d, X.Mem.1.4.1, etc.: c. part., τῶν ἡλίκων κ. εἶναι ἀκοντίζων καὶ τοξεύων Id.Cyr.1.3.15.    3 neut. folld. by inf., φυγέειν κάρτιστον to flee were best, Od.12.120, cf. E.El. 379, Ar.Eq.80, etc.: in pl., κράτιστα . . ἑλεῖν E.Med.384: abs., ὅπερ κ. the main point, Th.1.143.    4 Adv. usages, ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου in all good faith, Plb.8.17.4; κατὰ τὸ κ. D.H.2.22: neut. pl. κράτιστα as Adv., X.HG3.4.16, Ages.1.25.—The Comp. in use is κρείσσων (q.v.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κράτιστος: ᾰ, η, ον, Ἐπικ. κάρτ- (ὡς ἀείποτε παρ’ Ὁμ.), μεμονωμένον ὑπερθ. ἐκ τοῦ κρατύς· (κράτος)· ― ὁ ἰσχυρότατος, ὁ δυνατώτατος, ὁ ἄριστος, Ἰλ. Α. 266, κτλ.· κρ. θεῶν, δηλ. ὁ Ζεύς, Πινδ. Ο. 14. 20· κρ. Ἑλλήνων, ὅ ἐστιν ὁ Ἀχιλλεύς, Σοφ. Φ. 3· ὡσαύτως ἐν τῷ πεζῷ λόγῳ, εἰ τοὺς κρ. νικήσαιμεν Θουκ. 7. 67· Λημνίων τὸ κρ., οἱ ἄριστοι ἐκ τῶν Λημνίων, Θουκ. 5. 8· δυνάμεως τὸ κρ., τὸ ἄνθος, τὸ ἄριστον μέρος τῆς δυνάμεως..., Ξεν. Κύρ. 6. 1, 28, κτλ.· ― ἐπὶ πραγμάτων, καρτίστην... μάχην, ἡ ἀγριωτάτη μάχη, Ἰλ. Ζ. 185· δεσμὸς κρ. Τίμ. Λοκρ. 99Α. 2) καθόλου, ἄριστος, ἔξοχος, ἐξοχώτατος, ὡς ὑπερθ. τοῦ ἀγαθός, Πινδ. Π. 1. 25, Σοφ. Ἀντ. 1050, κτλ.· ― οἱ κράτιστοι, ὡς οἱ βέλτιστοι, περὶ τῶν εἰς τὴν ἀριστοκρατίαν ἀνηκόντων, Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 7. 1, 42, ἴδε ἀγαθὸς Ι· ― τὰ κρ. τῆς χώρας αὐτόθι 3. 4, 20. β) ὁριζόμενον διὰ λέξεων τροπικῶν ἢ τοῦ κατά τι, κρ. τὴν ψυχὴν Θουκ. 2. 40· πάντων πάντα κρ., ὁ ἄριστος πάντων εἰς ὅλα, Ξεν. Ἀν. 1. 9, 2· ἔν τινι ὁ αὐτ. εἰς Ἀπομν. 3. 4, 5· εἴς τι Πλάτ. Φίληβ. 67Β· περί τι ὁ αὐτ. ἐν Πολιτ. 257Α· πρός τι Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 3. 4, 16· οὕτω μετ’ ἀπαρ., ἱκανώτατος εἰς τὸ πράττειν, Θουκ. 2. 81, πρβλ. Πλάτ. Φαῖδρ. 267D, Ξεν. Ἀπομν. 1. 4, 1, κτλ.· καὶ μετὰ μετοχῆς, τῶν ἡλίκων κρ. εἶναι ἀκοντίζων καὶ τοξεύων Ξεν. Κύρ. 1. 3, 15. 3) οὐδ. ἑπομένου ἀπαρεμφ., φυγέειν κάρτιστον (δηλ. ἦν), «τὸ καλλίτερον» ἦτο ἡ φυγή, Ὀδ. Μ. 120, πρβλ. Εὐρ. Ἡλ. 370, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 80, κτλ.· καὶ ἐν τῷ πληθ., κράτιστα... ἑλεῖν Εὐρ. Μήδ. 384. 4) ἐπιρρηματ. χρήσεις, ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου, σπουδαίως, σοβαρῶς, Πολύβ. 8. 19, 4· κατὰ τὸ κρ. Διον. Ἁλ. 2. 22· ― ὡσαύτως οὐδ. πληθ., κράτιστα, ὡς ἐπίρρ., Ξεν. Ἑλλ. 3. 4, 16, Ἀγησ. 1, 25. ― Τὸ ἐν χρήσει συγκρ. εἶναι κρείσσων, ὃ ἴδε.