- ἥκιστος
- ἥκιστος, η, ον, prob., like foreg., [comp] Sup. of ἦκα,A least,
ὁ δ' ἥκιστ' ἔχων μακάρτατος S.Fr.410
.2 c. inf., worst at . . , ἥ. θηρᾶν, κρυμῷ ὁμιλεῖν, Ael.NA9.1,4.31 (cf. foreg.).II mostly as Adv., ἥκιστα least, Hp.Acut.68, S.Ph.427, etc.;οὐκ ἥ. ἀλλὰ μάλιστα Hdt.4.170
; ὡς ἥ. as little as possible, Th.1.91.2 in reply to a question, not at all, S.OT623, E.HF299, etc.;ἥκιστά γε S.OT1386
, Pl.Phdr.276c;ἥ. πάντων Ar.Pl.440
.3 οὐχ ἥ., freq. in litotes, above all, more than all, A.Ch.116;οἵ τε ἄλλοι καὶ οὐχ ἥ. Ἀθηναῖοι Pl.Prt.324c
, cf. Tht. 177c, Smp.178a, al.;ἐπὶ πολλῶν μέν . . , οὐχ ἥ. δὲ ἐν τοῖς παροῦσι πράγμασι D.2.1
, cf. Th.7.44, etc.: c. gen.,οὐχ ἥ. Ἀθηναίων σέ, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς μάλιστα Pl.Cri.52a
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Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.