ἀρι-
From LSJ
κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], insep. prefix,
A like ἐρι-, strengthening the notion conveyed by its compd.: cogn. with ἀρείων, ἄριστος, chiefly denoting goodness, excellence: mostly in older Ep. and Lyr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀρῐ-: [ᾰ], ἀχώριστ. προθεματ. Μόρ. ὡς τὸ ἐρι-, ἐνισχῦον τὴν ἰδέαν ἣν ἐκφράζει τὸ μετ’ αὐτοῦ συντιθέμενον: τῆς αὐτῆς ῥίζης μετὰ τῶν λέξεων ἀρείων, ἄριστος, ἴδε Βουττμ. Λεξίλ. ἐν λ. ἕκηλος 9: κατὰ τὸ πλεῖστον παρὰ τοῖς ἀρχαιοτέροις Ἐπ. καὶ Λυρικ. (ἴδε ἐν λ. *ἄρω). ΙΙ. ἴδε ἐν. λ. Ἀριμασποί.
