ἄριστος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[the best]], [[first]], [[noblest]] (Il.).<br />Derivatives: [[ἀριστεύς]], mostly pl., [[ἀριστῆες]] [[optimates]] (Il.). [[ἀριστεύω]] <b class="b2">be the best etc., distinguish oneself</b> (Il.) with [[ἀριστεία]] f. [[deed of valour]] (Gorg.). - Many PN: [[Ἀρίστων]], [[Ἀριστίων]] etc.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Primary superlative to comparative [[ἀρείων]] (s. v.). Sometimes considered to contain the prefix <b class="b3">ἀρι-</b>, which seems rather improbable to me, or related to [[ἀραρίσκω]] (the best fitted?). Not to [[ἀρετή]], as Myc. <b class="b2">aryo-</b> \/<b class="b2">aryoh-</b>\/ has no disyllabic root (ending in a laryngeal).