Ἀρισταῖος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀριστέας (Aristéas) — Poetic

Etymology

From ἄριστος (áristos, “best”) +‎ -αῖος (-aîos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ris.tâi̯.os/ → /a.risˈtɛ.os/ → /a.risˈte.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ris.tâi̯.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.risˈtɛ.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.risˈtɛ.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.risˈte.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.risˈte.os/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓ρισταῖος • (Aristaîos) m (genitive Ᾰ̓ρισταίου); second declension

1. Aristaeus
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 977
2. epithet of Apollo
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 9.65
3. epithet of Zeus
   • 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Aetia 3.1.33

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀρισταῖος; τοῦ Ἀρισταίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρισταῖος ho Aristaîos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρισταίου toû Aristaíou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρισταίῳ tôi Aristaíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρισταῖον tòn Aristaîon
Vocative	Ἀρισταῖε Aristaîe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αρισταίος (Aristaíos)
• Latin: Aristaeus

Further reading

• “Ἀρισταῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ἀρισταῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἀρισταῖος”, 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, page 1,002