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κράτιστος

kratistos

strongest, mightiest

Appears 24 times across Plato's dialogues.

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κράτιστος, η, ον, Ep. κάρτ- (as always in Hom.), isolated Superl. from κρατύς, A. strongest, mightiest, Il. 1.266, etc.; θεῶν κ., i.e. Zeus. Pi. O. 14.13; κ. Ἑλλήνων, i.e. Achilles, S. Ph. 3: in Prose, εἰ τοὺς κ. ἐνικήσαμεν Th. 7.67; Λημνίων τὸ κ. the best of their men, Id. 5.8; τὸ δυνάμεως κ. the strength or flower of . . , X. Cyr. 6.1.28, etc.; of things, καρτίστην . . μάχην fiercest fight, Il. 6.185; δεσμὸς κ. Ti.Locr. 99a. 2. generally, best, most excellent, as Sup. of ἀγαθός, Pi. I. 1.17, S. Ant. 1050, etc.: colloquially, "ἄνδρα κ. εἰπών Thphr. Char. 5.2; οἱ κράτιστοι the aristocracy, X. HG 7.1.42, v. ἀγαθός I; τὰ κ. τῆς χώρας ib.3.4.20. b. as a title or mode of address, κράτιστε Θεόφιλε Ev.Luc. 1.3; esp. = Lat. egregius, ὁ κ. ἡγεμών PFay.p.33 (i A.D.); ὁ κ. ἐπίτροπος BGU 891 (ii A.D.); ἡ κ., of a woman of the equester ordo, IG 14. 1346; also, = Lat. clarissimus, of Senators, ὁ κ. ἀνθὐπατος ib.9(1).61; ὁ κ. συγκλητικός IGRom. 3.581, etc.; ἡ κ. βουλή POxy. 2108.6 (iii A. D.). c. with modal words added, κ. τὴν ψυχήν Th. 2.40; πάντων πάντα κ. best of all in . . , X. An. 1.9.2; ἔν τινι Id. Mem. 3.4.5; εἴς τι Pl. Phlb. 67b; περί τι Id. Plt. 257a; πρός τι X. HG 3.4.16: c. inf., best at doing, Th. 2.81, Pl. Phdr. 267d, X. Mem. 1.4.1, etc.: c. part., τῶν ἡλίκων κ. εἶναι ἀκοντίζων καὶ τοξεύων Id. Cyr. 1.3.15. 3. neut. folld. by inf., φυγέειν κάρτιστον to flee were best, Od. 12.120, cf. E. El. 379, Ar. Eq. 80, etc.: in pl., κράτιστα . . ἑλεῖν E. Med. 384: abs., ὅπερ κ. the main point, Th. 1.143. 4. Adv. usages, ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου in all good faith, Plb. 8.17.4; κατὰ τὸ κ. D.H. 2.22: neut. pl. κράτιστα as Adv., X. HG 3.4.16, Ages. 1.25.—The Comp. in use is κρείσσων (q.v.).
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