φέριστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same root as φέρτατος (phértatos), φέρτερος (phérteros, “best, bravest”), with the comparative suffix -ιστος (-istos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰé.ris.tos/ → /ˈɸe.ris.tos/ → /ˈfe.ris.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰé.ris.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe.ris.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.ris.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ris.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ris.tos/

Adjective

φέριστος • (phéristos)

1. suppletive superlative degree of ἀγαθός (agathós): best, bravest

Usage notes

Used chiefly in the vocative.

Declension

First and second declension of φέριστος; φερίστᾱ; φέριστον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
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				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “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.