μήκιστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, Dor. [[μάκιστος]] [ᾱ], the only form used by Trag.: irreg. Sup. of [[μακρός]] (formed from [[μῆκος]], as [[αἴσχιστος]] from [[αἶσχος]]), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[tallest]], τὸν δὴ μήκιστον καὶ κάρτιστον κτάνον ἄνδρα <span class="bibl">Il.7.155</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.11.309</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[greatest]], μάκιστον σέλας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>281.1</span>; μείζονα [πηδήματα] τῶν μακίστων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1301</span> (anap.); τὰ μάκιστ' ἐμῶν κακῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>818</span> (lyr.); τὸ μήκιστον τεράων <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1364</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[longest]], in point of [[time]], ἐπὶ τὸ μήκιστον ἀνθρωπίνου αἰῶνος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>10.4</span>: neut. [[μήκιστον]] as Adv., [[for a very long time]] or [[in the highest degree]], h.Cer.258 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); <b class="b3">ὅτι δύνᾳ μάκιστον… ἐξιδοῦ</b> see to it [[as far as possible]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>851</span> (lyr.); τί νύ μοι <b class="b3">μήκιστα γένηται</b>; what is to become of me [[at last]]? <span class="bibl">Od.5.299</span>,<span class="bibl">465</span>; [[τὸ μήκιστον]] = [[at longest]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>50</span>; [[ἐπὶ μήκιστον]] = [[for the longest time]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Demon.</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[farthest]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.28</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.82</span>; μ. ἀφέστηκεν τοῦ πείθειν Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.270 S.</span>