μήκιστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, Dor. μάκιστος [ᾱ], the only form used by Trag.: irreg. Sup. of <b class="b3">μακρός</b> (formed from <b class="b3">μῆκος</b>, as <b class="b3">αἴσχιστος</b> from <b class="b3">αἶσχος</b>), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[tallest]], τὸν δὴ μήκιστον καὶ κάρτιστον κτάνον ἄνδρα <span class="bibl">Il.7.155</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.11.309</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[greatest]], μάκιστον σέλας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>281.1</span>; μείζονα [πηδήματα] τῶν μακίστων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1301</span> (anap.); τὰ μάκιστ' ἐμῶν κακῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>818</span> (lyr.); τὸ μήκιστον τεράων <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1364</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[longest]], in point of Time, ἐπὶ τὸ μήκιστον ἀνθρωπίνου αἰῶνος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>10.4</span>: neut. <b class="b3">μήκιστον</b> as Adv., [[for a very long time]] or [[in the highest degree]], h.Cer.258 (s.v.l.); <b class="b3">ὅτι δύνᾳ μάκιστον… ἐξιδοῦ</b> see to it [[as far as possible]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>851</span> (lyr.); τί νύ μοι <b class="b3">μήκιστα γένηται</b>; what is to become of me <b class="b2">at last</b>? <span class="bibl">Od.5.299</span>,<span class="bibl">465</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ μ</b>. <b class="b2">at longest</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>50</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μ</b>. [[for the longest time]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Demon.</span>1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[farthest]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.5.28</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.82</span>; μ. ἀφέστηκεν τοῦ πείθειν Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.270 S.</span>