φέρτατος

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ποίαν παρεξελθοῦσα δαιμόνων δίκην; (Sophocles, Antigone 921) → What law of the gods have I transgressed?

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Transliteration A: phértatos Transliteration B: phertatos Transliteration C: fertatos Beta Code: fe/rtatos

English (LSJ)

η, ον,

   A bravest, best, πολὺ φ. Il.1.581, etc.; μέγα φ. 16.21, cf. Lyr.Alex.Adesp.25, etc.: c. dat. modi, χερσίν τε βίηφί τε φ. ἦσαν Od.12.246; περὶ δ' ἔγχει Ἀχαιῶν φ. ἐσσι Il.7.289; ὄλβῳ φ. Pi.N. 10.13: of things, κακῶν φέρτατον the best, i.e. least bad, among evils, Il.17.105; λόγοι φ. best, Pi.P.5.48; ὄ τι φέρτατον ἀνδρὶ τυχεῖν Id.O. 7.26.    2 in form φέριστος, ἄνδρα φέριστον Il.9.110; μὴ φῦναι φέριστον B.5.160, cf. Pi.Fr.126 (φέρτ- cj. Boeckh): mostly voc. φέριστε, Il.6.123, 15.247, Theoc.7.125, etc.; φέριστοι Il.23.409; φέριστε Καδμείων ἄναξ A.Th.39; ὦ φ. δεσποτῶν S.OT1149; εἶεν, ὦ φ. Pl.Phdr.238d;    II Comp. φέρτερος, α, ον, braver, better, of persons, πολὺ φ. Il.4.56, etc.: c. dat. modi, βίῃ καὶ χερσὶ καὶ ἔγχεϊ φ. 3.431, cf. Od.6.6; φ. οὐκ ὀλίγον ἔγχει Il.19.217: c. inf., θεοὶ . . φέρτεροί εἰσι νοῆσαι Od.5.170; φ. γόνος πατρός Pi.I.8(7).35; παῖδα φ. πατρός A.Pr.768: of things, ἀγών, νόστος, Pi.O.1.7, P.1.35; πολὺ φέρτερόν ἐστιν 'tis much better, Il.1.169; τί φ. ἢ . . c. inf., B.4.18: c. inf., Od.12.109, 21.154; εἰς τὸ φ. τίθει τὸ μέλλον E.Hel.346 (lyr.). Adv., τέττιγος φέρτερον ᾄδεις Theoc.1.148. (From root φερ- 'bring', 'produce': ἀπὸ τοῦ φέρειν βέλτιον Hsch.)