ἐλάχιστος

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Transliteration A: eláchistos Transliteration B: elachistos Transliteration C: elachistos Beta Code: e)la/xistos

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], η, ον, Sup. of ἐλαχύς: Comp. ἐλάσσων (q.v.):—

   A smallest, least, freq. with a neg., γέρας, δύναμις οὐκ ἐ., h.Merc.573, Hdt.7.168, etc.; λόγου ἐλαχίστου of least account, Id.1.143; ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι narrowly missed destroying them, Th.2.77; περὶ ἐλαχίστου ποιεῖσθαι Pl. Ap.30a; παρ' ἐλάχιστον ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς ἀφαιρεθῆναι D.17.22.    2 of Time, shortest, δι' ἐλαχίστου (sc. χρόνου) Th.3.39; δι' ἐλαχίστης βουλῆς with shortest deliberation, Id.1.138.    3 of Number, fewest, Pl.R.378a; ἐ. τὸν ἀριθμόν Arist.Pol.1312a30; ἐν ἐλαχίστοις δυσίν between two at least. Id.EN1131a15.    4 Math., ἐλάχιστα καὶ μέγιστα minima and maxima, Apollon.Perg.Con.1 Praef.    II τὸ ἐλάχιστον, τοὐλάχιστον, at the least, Hdt.2.13, X.An.5.7.8, D.4.21; ἐλάχιστα least of any one, Th.1.70; ὡς ἐ. as little as possible, Pl.Phd. 63d.    III from ἐλάχιστος came a new Comp. ἐλαχιστότερος less than the least, ἐ. πάντων ἁγίων Ep.Eph.3.8: Sup. ἐλαχιστότατος very least of all, S.E.M.3.54, 9.406.

German (Pape)

[Seite 792] superl. von ἐλαχύς, der kleinste, geringste, schlechteste; γέρας οὐκ ἐλ. H. h. Merc. 570; δύναμις οὐκ ἐλ. Her. 7, 168; Folgde; bes. mit der negat., οὐκ ἐλαχίστην χάριν εἴσονται Plat. Phaedr. 233 e; Ggstz μέγιστος; von Schiffen, Thuc. 1, 10; τὰ πλείστου ἄξια περὶ ἐλαχίστου ποιεῖσθαι Plat. Apol. 30 a. – Adv., τὸ ἐλάχιστον, τοὐλάχιστον, zum wenigsten, wenigstens; Plat. Parm. 142 e; Xen. An. 5, 7, 5 u. A.; ὡς ἐλάχιστα διαλέγεσθαι Plat. Phaed. 63 d; ἐπ' ἐλάχιστον, so wenig wie möglich, Thuc. 1, 70. 2, 45; δι' ἐλαχίστου, in sehr kurzer Zeit, Thuc. Auch von der Zahl, ὅπως ὅτι ἐλαχίστοις συνέβη ἀκοῦσαι Plat. Rep. II, 378 a; Ggstz πλεῖστος, Xen. Mem. 4, 4, 17; Plut. Pericl. 23. – Spätere haben einen compar. u. superl. ἐλαχιστότερος u. ἐλαχιστότατος, Sezt. Emp. adv. phys. 9, 406, N. T.