βέλτιστος

English (LSJ)

η, ον, Dor. βέντ-, Sup. of ἀγαθός,

   A best, most excellent, β. ἀνὴρ γενενῆσθαι περὶ τὸν δῆμον Ar.Eq. 765; ὦ βέλτιστε or β., a common mode of address, my dear friend, Id.Pl.1172, Antiph.289, Pl.R.337e, etc.; ὦ βέλτιστε σύ Eub.106; ὦ β. ἀνδρῶν Pl.Grg.515a; ὦ ἄριστε καὶ β. Id.Lg.902a; βέντισθ' οὗτος Theoc.5.76; ὑπὲρ τὸ β. A.Ag.378; οἱ β. or τὸ β. the aristocracy, X. HG5.2.6, Cyr.8.1.16, Ath.1.5, etc.; τὸ β., in Philos., the highest good, Pl.Phd.99a, 99b, Epict.Ench.51, etc.; τὰ β. βουλεύειν Th.4.68; οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ β. ἀναστρέφεσθαι SIG593.7(ii B. C.), PTeb.282.8 (ii A. D.). Adv. βέλτιστα X.Oec.7.29, etc.; βελτίστως Simp. in Cael.419.25.