ἀρίστης (aristes)

ἀρίστης is an Ancient Greek form of ἄριστος, meaning “best, noblest, bravest”. It is the genitive singular feminine superlative adjective.

Found 58 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 5.2.45: … ′. Πολιτικῶν α′ β′ γ′ δ′ ε′ ς′. Πολιτικὸν πρὸς τοὺς καιροὺς α′ β′ γ′ δ′. Πολιτικῶν ἐθῶν α′ β′ γ′ δ′. Περὶ τῆς ἀρίστης πολιτείας α′. Προβλημάτων συναγωγῆς α′ β′ γ′ δ′ ε′. Περὶ παροιμιῶν α′. Περὶ πήξεων καὶ τήξεων α′. Περὶ πυρὸς …

Euripides, Ion 416: Δελφῶν ἀριστῆς, οὓς ἐκλήρωσεν πάλος.

Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.29.2: … , χωρίον ποτὲ ἀνδρὸς ἰδιώτου, γυμνάσιον δὲ ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ. κατιοῦσι δʼ ἐς αὐτὴν περίβολός ἐστιν Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ ξόανα Ἀρίστης καὶ Καλλίστης· ὡς μὲν ἐγὼ δοκῶ καὶ ὁμολογεῖ τὰ ἔπη τὰ Πάμφω, τῆς Ἀρτέμιδός εἰσιν ἐπικλήσεις αὗται, λεγόμενον …

All forms of ἄριστος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.