ἀριστεύς

English (LSJ)

έως, ὁ, dual

   A ἀριστέοιν S.Aj.1304: (ἄριστος):—used by Hom. mostly in pl. ἀριστῆες those who excel in valour, chiefs, Il.2.404, al.; ἄνδρας ἀριστῆας Od.14.218, cf. Hdt.6.81, Alc. Supp.1a.8, Pi.P.9.107, Ant.Lib.2.2, etc.: sg., A.Pers.306; ἀνδρὸς ἀριστέως E.IA28 (lyr.); as an honorary title, CIG2881 (Milet.), IGRom.4.914 (Cibyra).

German (Pape)

[Seite 352] ὁ, der Beste, Nebenform von ἄριστος; meist Bezeichnung der Fürsten, Vornehmen; Hom. ἀριστῆος mehrmals, ἀριστῆα Iliad. 3, 44, ἀριστῆες, ἀριστῆας u. ἀριστήεσσιν mehrmals, ἀριστήων Iliad. 9, 396 Od. 11, 227; μνηστήρων ἀριστῆες Od. 15, 28; ἀριστῆας Δαναῶν Iliad. 17, 245; ἀριστήεσσιν Ἀχαιῶν 1, 227; ἀριστῆες Παναχαιῶν 10, 1; ἀριστήεσσι καὶ βασιλεῦσιν 9, 334; ἀνδρὸς ἀριστῆος 15, 489; ἄνδρας ἀριστῆας Od. 14, 218; καγχαλόωσι φάντες ἀριστῆα πρόμον ἔμμεναι, οὕνεκα καλὸν εἶδος ἔπ'· ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔστι βίη φρεσίν, οὐδέ τις ἀλκή Iliad. 3, 44; γέροντας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν 2, 404; κούρητας ἀριστῆας Παναχαιῶν 19, 193. – Pind. P. 9, 107 ἀριστῆες ἀνδρῶν; Ἕκτορά τ' ἄλλους τ' ἀριστέας I. 8, 55; Soph. Ai. 1283. Bei Sp. auch in Prosa, die in sittlicher Beziehung Besten.