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|Definition=η, ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[bravest]], [[best]], πολὺ φ. Il.1.581, etc.; μέγα φ. 16.21, cf. ''Lyr.Alex.Adesp.''25, etc.: c. dat. modi, χερσίν τε βίηφί τε φ. ἦσαν Od.12.246; περὶ δ' ἔγχει Ἀχαιῶν φ. ἐσσι Il.7.289; ὄλβῳ φ. Pi.''N.'' 10.13: of things, <b class="b3">κακῶν φέρτατον</b> [[the best]], i.e. [[least bad]], among evils, Il.17.105; λόγοι φ. [[best]], Pi.''P.''5.48; ὄ τι φέρτατον ἀνδρὶ τυχεῖν Id.''O.'' 7.26.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in form [[φέριστος]], ἄνδρα φέριστον Il.9.110; μὴ φῦναι φέριστον B.5.160, cf. Pi.''Fr.''126 (<b class="b3">φέρτ-</b> cj. Boeckh): mostly voc. [[φέριστε]], Il.6.123, 15.247, Theoc.7.125, etc.; φέριστοι Il.23.409; φέριστε Καδμείων ἄναξ A.''Th.''39; ὦ φ. δεσποτῶν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1149; εἶεν, ὦ φ. Pl.''Phdr.''238d;<br><span class="bld">II</span> Comp. φέρτερος, α, ον, [[braver]], [[better]], of persons, πολὺ φ. Il.4.56, etc.: c. dat. modi, βίῃ καὶ χερσὶ καὶ ἔγχεϊ φ. 3.431, cf. Od.6.6; φ. οὐκ ὀλίγον ἔγχει Il.19.217: c. inf., θεοὶ.. φέρτεροί εἰσι νοῆσαι Od.5.170; φ. γόνος πατρός Pi.''I.''8(7).35; παῖδα φ. πατρός A.''Pr.''768: of things, [[ἀγών]], [[νόστος]], Pi.''O.''1.7, ''P.''1.35; <b class="b3">πολὺ φέρτερόν ἐστιν</b> 'tis much [[better]], Il.1.169; <b class="b3">τί φ. ἢ.</b>. c. inf., B.4.18: c. inf., Od.12.109, 21.154; εἰς τὸ φ. τίθει τὸ μέλλον E.''Hel.''346 (lyr.). Adv., τέττιγος φέρτερον ᾄδεις Theoc.1.148. (From root <b class="b3">φερ-</b> 'bring', 'produce': ἀπὸ τοῦ φέρειν βέλτιον [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]])