ἀριστεύω

aristeuo

to be best

Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 12
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Book 6 2
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6208
6460
Book 7 1
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790
Book 11 5
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11409
11506
11627
11746
11784
Book 15 1
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15460
Book 16 2
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16292
16551
Book 17 1
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17351
Odyssey 1
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4652

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀριστεύω, A. to be best or bravest, αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων Il. 6.208; ὃς δέ κʼ ἀριστεύῃσι μάχῃ ἔνι 11.409; ἐν ἀέθλοισιν ἀ. Pi. N. 11.14; gain the prize for valour (v. ἀριστεῖα, τά), gain the highest distinction, Hdt. 3.55, 9.105, Pl. R. 468b, Isoc. 9.16. 2. c. gen., ἀριστεύεσκε μάχεσθαι Τρώων he was the best of the Trojans . . , Il. 6.460, cf. Hdt. 5.112, 7.106, al.; οὕνεκα βουλῇ ἀριστεύεσκεν ἁπάντων Il. 11.627, cf. Pi. N. 10.10. 3. c. inf., ἀριστεύεσκε μάχεσθαι he was best at fighting, Il. 16.292,551, etc.; ἀριστεύεσκε μάχεσθαι Τρώων, v. supr. 4. c.acc.rei, ἀ. τι to be best in a thing, στάδιον Pi. O. 10(11).64, cf. 13.43; ἰάλεμον Theoc. 15.98. 5. c. acc. cogn., win as ἀριστεῖα, τὰ πρῶτα καλλιστεῖʼ ἀριστεύσας S. Aj. 435, cf. 1300; πάντα ἀ. Id. Tr. 488, Pl. R. 540a; μεμιγμένην ἀριστείαν ἀ. Plu. Pel. 34. II. of things, to be best, ἀριστεύοισαν εὐκάρπου χθονός best of all lands on fruitful earth, Pi. N. 1.14; τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθʼ ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ A. Pr. 890 (lyr.); of an opinion, prevail, Hdt. 7.144.

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