ἥκιστος

English (LSJ)

η, ον, prob., like foreg., Sup. of ἦκα,

   A least, ὁ δ' ἥκιστ' ἔχων μακάρτατος S.Fr.410.    2 c. inf., worst at... ἥ. θηρᾶν, κρυμῷ ὁμιλεῖν, Ael.NA9.1,4.31 (cf. foreg.).    II mostly as Adv., ἥκιστα least, Hp.Acut.68, S.Ph.427, etc.; οὐκ ἥ. ἀλλὰ μάλιστα Hdt.4.170; ὡς ἥ. as little as possible, Th.1.91.    2 in reply to a question, not at all, S.OT623, E.HF299, etc.; ἥκιστά γε S.OT1386, Pl.Phdr.276c; ἥ. πάντων Ar.Pl.440.    3 οὐχ ἥ., freq. in litotes, above all, more than all, A.Ch.116; οἵ τε ἄλλοι καὶ οὐχ ἥ. Ἀθηναῖοι Pl.Prt.324c, cf. Tht. 177c, Smp.178a, al.; ἐπὶ πολλῶν μέν... οὐχ ἥ. δὲ ἐν τοῖς παροῦσι πράγμασι D.2.1, cf. Th.7.44, etc.: c. gen., οὐχ ἥ. Ἀθηναίων σέ, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς μάλιστα Pl.Cri.52a.