φέριστος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom the same root as φέρτατος (phértatos), φέρτερος (phérteros, “best, bravest”), with the comparative suffix -ιστος (-istos).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰé.ris.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰe.ris.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸe.ris.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfe.ris.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfe.ris.tos/
Adjective
editφέριστος • (phéristos)
- suppletive superlative degree of ἀγαθός (agathós): best, bravest
Usage notes
editUsed chiefly in the vocative.
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | φέριστος phéristos |
φερίστᾱ pherístā |
φέριστον phériston |
φερίστω pherístō |
φερίστᾱ pherístā |
φερίστω pherístō |
φέριστοι phéristoi |
φέρισται phéristai |
φέριστᾰ phérista | |||||
Genitive | φερίστου pherístou |
φερίστᾱς pherístās |
φερίστου pherístou |
φερίστοιν pherístoin |
φερίσταιν pherístain |
φερίστοιν pherístoin |
φερίστων pherístōn |
φερίστων pherístōn |
φερίστων pherístōn | |||||
Dative | φερίστῳ pherístōi |
φερίστᾳ pherístāi |
φερίστῳ pherístōi |
φερίστοιν pherístoin |
φερίσταιν pherístain |
φερίστοιν pherístoin |
φερίστοις pherístois |
φερίσταις pherístais |
φερίστοις pherístois | |||||
Accusative | φέριστον phériston |
φερίστᾱν pherístān |
φέριστον phériston |
φερίστω pherístō |
φερίστᾱ pherístā |
φερίστω pherístō |
φερίστους pherístous |
φερίστᾱς pherístās |
φέριστᾰ phérista | |||||
Vocative | φέριστε phériste |
φερίστᾱ pherístā |
φέριστον phériston |
φερίστω pherístō |
φερίστᾱ pherístā |
φερίστω pherístō |
φέριστοι phéristoi |
φέρισται phéristai |
φέριστᾰ phérista | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
φέριστᾰ phérista |
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Further reading
edit- “φέριστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φέριστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φέριστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “φέριστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φέριστος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- noble idem, page 559.