ἥκιστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, prob., like [[ἤκιστος]], Sup. of [[ἦκα]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[least]], ὁ δ' ἥκιστ' ἔχων μακάρτατος S.''Fr.''410.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. inf., [[worst]] at... <b class="b3">ἥ. θηρᾶν, κρυμῷ ὁμιλεῖν</b>, Ael.''NA''9.1,4.31 (cf. [[ἤκιστος]]).<br><span class="bld">II</span> mostly as adverb, [[ἥκιστα]] = [[least]], Hp.''Acut.''68, S.''Ph.''427, etc.; οὐκ ἥ. ἀλλὰ μάλιστα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.170; [[ὡς ἥκιστα]] = [[as little as possible]], Th.1.91.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in reply to a question, [[not at all]], S.''OT''623, E.''HF''299, etc.; ἥκιστά γε S.''OT''1386, Pl.''Phdr.''276c; ἥ. πάντων Ar.''Pl.''440.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[οὐχ ἥκιστα]], freq. in litotes, [[above all]], [[more than all]], A.''Ch.''116; οἵ τε ἄλλοι καὶ οὐχ ἥ. Ἀθηναῖοι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|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.