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]]),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[tallest]], τὸν δὴ μήκιστον καὶ κάρτιστον κτάνον ἄνδρα Il.7.155, cf. Od.11.309.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[greatest]], μάκιστον σέλας A.''Fr.''281.1; μείζονα [πηδήματα] τῶν μακίστων S.''OT''1301 (anap.); τὰ μάκιστ' ἐμῶν κακῶν E.''Hipp.''818 (lyr.); τὸ μήκιστον τεράων A.R.4.1364.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[longest]], in point of [[time]], ἐπὶ τὸ μήκιστον ἀνθρωπίνου αἰῶνος X.''Ages.''10.4: neut. [[μήκιστον]] as adverb, [[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]], S.''Ph.''851 (lyr.); τί νύ μοι <b class="b3">μήκιστα γένηται</b>; what is to become of me [[at last]]? Od.5.299,465; [[τὸ μήκιστον]] = [[at longest]], Luc.''Herm.''50; [[ἐπὶ μήκιστον]] = [[for the longest time]], Id.''Demon.''1.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[farthest]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.28, A.R.1.82; μ. ἀφέστηκεν τοῦ πείθειν Phld.''Rh.''1.270 S.