κράτιστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κράτος (krátos) +‎ -ιστος (-istos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krá.tis.tos/ → /ˈkra.tis.tos/ → /ˈkra.tis.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krá.tis.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tis.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tis.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tis.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkra.tis.tos/

Adjective

κρᾰ́τῐστος • (krátistos) m (feminine κρᾰτῐ́στη, neuter κρᾰ́τῐστον); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of ᾰ̓γᾰθός (agathós): best
2. superlative degree of κρατύς (kratús) strongest, mightiest, most powerful

Usage notes

Used as the superlative of ᾰ̓γᾰθός (agathós), along with ἄρῐστος (áristos) and βέλτῐστος (béltistos).

Declension

First and second declension of κρᾰ́τῐστος; κρᾰτῐ́στη; κρᾰ́τῐστον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κρᾰ́τῐστος krátistos	κρᾰτῐ́στη kratístē	κρᾰ́τῐστον krátiston		κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō	κρᾰτῐ́στᾱ kratístā	κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō		κρᾰ́τῐστοι krátistoi	κρᾰ́τῐσται krátistai	κρᾰ́τῐστᾰ krátista
Genitive		κρᾰτῐ́στου kratístou	κρᾰτῐ́στης kratístēs	κρᾰτῐ́στου kratístou		κρᾰτῐ́στοιν kratístoin	κρᾰτῐ́σταιν kratístain	κρᾰτῐ́στοιν kratístoin		κρᾰτῐ́στων kratístōn	κρᾰτῐ́στων kratístōn	κρᾰτῐ́στων kratístōn
Dative		κρᾰτῐ́στῳ kratístōi	κρᾰτῐ́στῃ kratístēi	κρᾰτῐ́στῳ kratístōi		κρᾰτῐ́στοιν kratístoin	κρᾰτῐ́σταιν kratístain	κρᾰτῐ́στοιν kratístoin		κρᾰτῐ́στοις kratístois	κρᾰτῐ́σταις kratístais	κρᾰτῐ́στοις kratístois
Accusative		κρᾰ́τῐστον krátiston	κρᾰτῐ́στην kratístēn	κρᾰ́τῐστον krátiston		κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō	κρᾰτῐ́στᾱ kratístā	κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō		κρᾰτῐ́στους kratístous	κρᾰτῐ́στᾱς kratístās	κρᾰ́τῐστᾰ krátista
Vocative		κρᾰ́τῐστε krátiste	κρᾰτῐ́στη kratístē	κρᾰ́τῐστον krátiston		κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō	κρᾰτῐ́στᾱ kratístā	κρᾰτῐ́στω kratístō		κρᾰ́τῐστοι krátistoi	κρᾰ́τῐσται krátistai	κρᾰ́τῐστᾰ krátista
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κρᾰ́τῐστᾰ krátista				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κράτιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κράτιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κράτιστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • best idem, page 75.