κύδιστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, Sup. of <b class="b3">κυδρός</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">most honoured, noblest</b>, in Hom. freq. of Zeus and Agamemnon, Ζεῦ κύδιστε μέγιστε <span class="bibl">Il.2.412</span>, al.; Ἀτρεΐδη κ. <span class="bibl">1.122</span>, al.; of Athena, <span class="bibl">4.515</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.378</span>; of Hera, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>42</span>; of Leto, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>62</span>; of Anchises, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>108</span>; κύδιστ' Ἀχαιῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>238</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of things, <b class="b2">greatest</b>, κύδιστ' ἀχέων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>13</span> (anap.): in Trag., Comp. κῡδίων [<b class="b3">ῑ], ον</b>, gen. ονος<b class="b3">, τί μοι ζῆν δῆτα κύδιον</b>; what <b class="b2">profits it</b> me to live? <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>960</span> (s.v.l.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Andr.</span>639</span> (v.l. [[κύδιστον]]).</span>