- ἐλάχιστος
- ἐλᾰχιστ-ος [ᾰ], η, ον, [comp] Sup. of ἐλαχύς: [comp] Comp. ἐλάσσων (q.v.):—A smallest, least, freq. with a neg., γέρας, δύναμις οὐκ ἐ., h.Merc.573, Hdt.7.168, etc.; λόγου ἐλαχίστου of least account, Id.1.143; ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι narrowly missed destroying them, Th.2.77;
περὶ ἐλαχίστου ποιεῖσθαι Pl. Ap.30a
;παρ' ἐλάχιστον ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς ἀφαιρεθῆναι D.17.22
.2 of Time, shortest, δι' ἐλαχίστου (sc. χρόνου) Th.3.39; δι' ἐλαχίστης βουλῆς with shortest deliberation, Id.1.138.3 of Number, fewest, Pl.R.378a;ἐ. τὸν ἀριθμόν Arist.Pol.1312a30
; ἐν ἐλαχίστοις δυσίν between two at least. Id.EN1131a15.4 Math., ἐλάχιστα καὶ μέγιστα minima and maxima, Apollon.Perg.Con.1 Praef.II τὸ ἐλάχιστον, τοὐλάχιστον, at the least, Hdt.2.13, X.An.5.7.8, D.4.21; ἐλάχιστα least of any one, Th.1.70; ὡς ἐ. as little as possible, Pl.Phd. 63d.III from ἐλάχιστος came a new [comp] Comp. ἐλαχιστότερος less than the least,ἐ. πάντων ἁγίων Ep.Eph.3.8
: [comp] Sup. ἐλαχιστότατος very least of all, S.E.M.3.54, 9.406.
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