ἥκιστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, prob., like foreg., Sup. of [[ἦκα]], <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[least]], ὁ δ' ἥκιστ' ἔχων μακάρτατος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>410</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. inf., [[worst]] at... <b class="b3">ἥ. θηρᾶν, κρυμῷ ὁμιλεῖν</b>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>9.1</span>,<span class="bibl">4.31</span> (cf. foreg.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> mostly as Adv., [[ἥκιστα]] [[least]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>68</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>427</span>, etc.; οὐκ ἥ. ἀλλὰ μάλιστα <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.170</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς ἥ</b>. [[as little as possible]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.91</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in reply to a question, [[not at all]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>623</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>299</span>, etc.; ἥκιστά γε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1386</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>276c</span>; ἥ. πάντων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>440</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">οὐχ ἥ</b>., freq. in litotes, [[above all]], [[more than all]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>116</span>; οἵ τε ἄλλοι καὶ οὐχ ἥ. Ἀθηναῖοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>324c</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tht.</span> 177c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Smp.</span>178a</span>, al.; ἐπὶ πολλῶν μέν... οὐχ ἥ. δὲ ἐν τοῖς παροῦσι πράγμασι <span class="bibl">D.2.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.7.44</span>, etc.: c. gen., οὐχ ἥ. Ἀθηναίων σέ, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς μάλιστα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cri.</span>52a</span>.</span>