best man, chief
Ancient Greek word, found 73 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 1.227: οὔτε λόχον δʼ ἰέναι σὺν ἀριστήεσσιν Ἀχαιῶν
Homer, Odyssey 6.34: ἤδη γάρ σε μνῶνται ἀριστῆες κατὰ δῆμον
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.61: ἤλασʼ ἀριστήων· οἱ δʼ ἔμπαλιν ὁρμηθέντες
All forms of ἀριστεύς