βέλτιστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, Dor. [[βέντιστος]], Sup. of [[ἀγαθός]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[best]], [[most excellent]], β. ἀνὴρ γενενῆσθαι περὶ τὸν δῆμον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 765</span>; [[ὦ βέλτιστε]] or [[βέλτιστε]], a common mode of address, [[my dear friend]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1172</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.289</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>337e</span>, etc.; ὦ βέλτιστε σύ <span class="bibl">Eub.106</span>; ὦ β. ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>515a</span>; ὦ ἄριστε καὶ β. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>902a</span>; βέντισθ' οὗτος <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.76</span>; ὑπὲρ τὸ β. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>378</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ βέλτιστοι</b> or <b class="b3">τὸ βέλτιστον</b> the [[aristocracy]], <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">HG</span>5.2.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.1.16</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ath.</span>1.5</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὸ βέλτιστον</b>, in Philos., [[the highest good]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>99a</span>, <span class="bibl">99b</span>, <span class="bibl">Epict.<span class="title">Ench.</span>51</span>, etc.; τὰ β. βουλεύειν <span class="bibl">Th.4.68</span>; οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ β. ἀναστρέφεσθαι <span class="title">SIG</span>593.7(ii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>282.8</span> (ii A. D.). Adv. βέλτιστα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>7.29</span>, etc.; [[βελτίστως]] <span class="bibl">Simp. <span class="title">in Cael.</span>419.25</span>.</span>