πρώτιστος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + -ιστος (-istos, superlative suffix), thus literally ‘firstest’.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /prɔ̌ː.tis.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpro.tis.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpro.tis.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpro.tis.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpro.tis.tos/
Adjective
πρώτιστος • (prṓtistos) m (feminine πρωτίστη, neuter πρώτιστον); first/second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | πρώτῐστος prṓtĭstos |
πρωτῐ́στη prōtĭ́stē |
πρώτῐστον prṓtĭston |
πρωτῐ́στω prōtĭ́stō |
πρωτῐ́στᾱ prōtĭ́stā |
πρωτῐ́στω prōtĭ́stō |
πρώτῐστοι prṓtĭstoi |
πρώτῐσται prṓtĭstai |
πρώτῐστᾰ prṓtĭstă | |||||
| Genitive | πρωτῐ́στου prōtĭ́stou |
πρωτῐ́στης prōtĭ́stēs |
πρωτῐ́στου prōtĭ́stou |
πρωτῐ́στοιν prōtĭ́stoin |
πρωτῐ́σταιν prōtĭ́stain |
πρωτῐ́στοιν prōtĭ́stoin |
πρωτῐ́στων prōtĭ́stōn |
πρωτῐ́στων prōtĭ́stōn |
πρωτῐ́στων prōtĭ́stōn | |||||
| Dative | πρωτῐ́στῳ prōtĭ́stōi |
πρωτῐ́στῃ prōtĭ́stēi |
πρωτῐ́στῳ prōtĭ́stōi |
πρωτῐ́στοιν prōtĭ́stoin |
πρωτῐ́σταιν prōtĭ́stain |
πρωτῐ́στοιν prōtĭ́stoin |
πρωτῐ́στοις prōtĭ́stois |
πρωτῐ́σταις prōtĭ́stais |
πρωτῐ́στοις prōtĭ́stois | |||||
| Accusative | πρώτῐστον prṓtĭston |
πρωτῐ́στην prōtĭ́stēn |
πρώτῐστον prṓtĭston |
πρωτῐ́στω prōtĭ́stō |
πρωτῐ́στᾱ prōtĭ́stā |
πρωτῐ́στω prōtĭ́stō |
πρωτῐ́στους prōtĭ́stous |
πρωτῐ́στᾱς prōtĭ́stās |
πρώτῐστᾰ prṓtĭstă | |||||
| Vocative | πρώτῐστε prṓtĭste |
πρωτῐ́στη prōtĭ́stē |
πρώτῐστον prṓtĭston |
πρωτῐ́στω prōtĭ́stō |
πρωτῐ́στᾱ prōtĭ́stā |
πρωτῐ́στω prōtĭ́stō |
πρώτῐστοι prṓtĭstoi |
πρώτῐσται prṓtĭstai |
πρώτῐστᾰ prṓtĭstă | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πρωτῐ́στως prōtĭ́stōs |
πρωτῐστότερος prōtĭstóteros |
πρωτῐστότᾰτος prōtĭstótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πρώτιστος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πρώτιστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πρώτιστος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πρώτιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πρώτιστος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter