φέρτατος
phertatos
bravest, best
Appears 44 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
φέρτατος, η, ον, A. bravest, best, πολὺ φ. Il. 1.581, etc.; μέγα φ. 16.21, cf. Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 25, etc.: c. dat. modi, χερσίν τε βίηφί τε φ. ἦσαν Od. 12.246; περὶ δʼ ἔγχει Ἀχαιῶν φ. ἐσσι Il. 7.289; ὄλβῳ φ. N. 10.13: of things, κακῶν φέρτατον the best, i.e. least bad, among evils, Il. 17.105; λόγοι φ. best, P. 5.48; ὄ τι φέρτατον ἀνδρὶ τυχεῖν O. 7.26. 2. in form φέριστος, ἄνδρα φέριστον Il. 9.110; μὴ φῦναι φέριστον 5.160, cf. Fr. 126 (φέρτ- cj. Boeckh): mostly voc. φέριστε, Il. 6.123, 15.247, 7.125, etc.; φέριστοι Il. 23.409; φέριστε Καδμείων ἄναξ Th. 39; ὦ φ. δεσποτῶν OT 1149; εἶεν, ὦ φ. Phdr. 238d; II. Comp. φέρτερος, α, ον, braver, better, of persons, πολὺ φ. Il. 4.56, etc.: c. dat. modi, βίῃ καὶ χερσὶ καὶ ἔγχεϊ φ. 3.431, cf. Od. 6.6; φ. οὐκ ὀλίγον ἔγχει Il. 19.217: c. inf., θεοὶ . . φέρτεροί εἰσι νοῆσαι Od. 5.170; φ. γόνος πατρός I. 8(7).35; παῖδα φ. πατρός Pr. 768: of things, ἀγών, νόστος, O. 1.7, P. 1.35; πολὺ φέρτερόν ἐστιν ʼtis much better, Il. 1.169; τί φ. ἢ . . c. inf., 4.18: c. inf., Od. 12.109, 21.154; εἰς τὸ φ. τίθει τὸ μέλλον Hel. 346 (lyr.). Adv., τέττιγος φέρτερον ᾄδεις 1.148. (From root φερ- ‘bring’, ‘produceʼ: ἀπὸ τοῦ φέρειν βέλτιον )
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