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|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[the best]], [[first]], [[noblest]] (Il.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀριστεύς</b>, mostly pl., <b class="b3">ἀριστῆες</b> [[optimates]] (Il.). <b class="b3">ἀριστεύω</b> <b class="b2">be the best etc., distinguish oneself</b> (Il.) with <b class="b3">ἀριστεία</b> f. | |etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[the best]], [[first]], [[noblest]] (Il.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἀριστεύς</b>, mostly pl., <b class="b3">ἀριστῆες</b> [[optimates]] (Il.). <b class="b3">ἀριστεύω</b> <b class="b2">be the best etc., distinguish oneself</b> (Il.) with <b class="b3">ἀριστεία</b> f. [[deed of valour]] (Gorg.). - Many PN: <b class="b3">Ἀρίστων</b>, <b class="b3">Ἀριστίων</b> etc.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Primary superlative to comparative [[ἀρείων]] (s. v.). Sometimes considered to contain the prefix <b class="b3">ἀρι-</b>, which seems rather improbable to me, or related to <b class="b3">ἀραρίσκω</b> (the best fitted?). Not to <b class="b3">ἀρετή</b>, as Myc. <b class="b2">aryo-</b> \/<b class="b2">aryoh-</b>\/ has no disyllabic root (ending in a laryngeal). | ||
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