"μάλιστα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See μάλιστα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /má.lis.ta/, /ˈma.lis.ta/, /ˈma.lis.ta/, /má.lis.ta/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈma.lis.ta/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈma.lis.ta/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈma.lis.ta/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈma.lis.ta/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) Forms: μᾰ́λῐστᾰ [canonical], málista [romanization]
Etymology: Superlative of μάλα (mála, “very”), from μάλα + -ιστα (-ista, superlative adverb suffix). Etymology templates: {{m|grc|μάλα||very}} μάλα (mála, “very”), {{affix|grc|μάλα|-ιστα|pos2=superlative adverb suffix|tr1=-}} μάλα + -ιστα (-ista, superlative adverb suffix) Head templates: {{head|grc|adverb|head=μᾰ́λῐστᾰ}} μᾰ́λῐστᾰ • (málista)
  1. most, most of all, above all
    (strengthened, preceded by ὡς or ὅτι)
    Sense id: en-μάλιστα-grc-adv-PtWjtCVB
  2. most, most of all, above all
    (with the article) for the most part, mostly
    Tags: with the article
    Sense id: en-μάλιστα-grc-adv-NtIYE0Xr
  3. most, most of all, above all
    (added to a superlative)
    Tags: added to a superlative
    Sense id: en-μάλιστα-grc-adv-PtWjtCVB1
  4. most, most of all, above all
    (for μᾶλλον)
    Tags: for μᾶλλον
    Sense id: en-μάλιστα-grc-adv-PtWjtCVB1
  5. most, most of all, above all
    (in loose accounts of numbers, used to show that they are not exact)
    Tags: in loose accounts of numbers, used to show that they are not exact
    Sense id: en-μάλιστα-grc-adv-PtWjtCVB1
  6. most, most of all, above all
    (καὶ μάλιστα, used in answers) most certainly
    Tags: used in answers
    Sense id: en-μάλιστα-grc-adv-12BQBlHQ
  7. most, most of all, above all
    Sense id: en-μάλιστα-grc-adv-PtWjtCVB1

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          "text": "470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 294"
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          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 460A"
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          "text": "525 BCE – 455 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 524"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.185"
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          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 367B"
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          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 510B"
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          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 277A"
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          "text": "360 BCE, Plato, The Sophist 239B"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.171"
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          "text": "AD 110–180, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 1.42.3"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.20"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.76"
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        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.104"
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        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.6"
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          "text": "361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 212"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.147"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.92"
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        {
          "text": "361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 62"
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        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 794D"
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        {
          "text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 95"
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        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Leptines 2"
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        {
          "text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 21"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.118"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.8"
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        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Letters 2.24"
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        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.90"
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        {
          "text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 173B"
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          "text": "175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, Various History 14.40"
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          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.220"
        },
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          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.334"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.76"
        },
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          "text": "428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 1421"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.29"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.92"
        },
        {
          "text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 5.2.31"
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        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.118"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.68"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.191"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.93"
        },
        {
          "text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 175C"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.22"
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          "text": "200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 2.41.13"
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          "text": "388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 827"
        },
        {
          "text": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 994"
        },
        {
          "text": "423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 253"
        },
        {
          "text": "414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 1531"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 453D"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.353"
        },
        {
          "text": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 647"
        },
        {
          "text": "409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1285"
        },
        {
          "text": "4th century BC, Isaeus, Menecles 20"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.22"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.40"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 590D"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Leptines 25"
        },
        {
          "text": "361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 152"
        },
        {
          "text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 180B"
        },
        {
          "text": "409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 617"
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        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.53"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 448D"
        },
        {
          "text": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 80B"
        },
        {
          "text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 218C"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.37"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 327A"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.86"
        },
        {
          "text": "204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 5.5.11"
        },
        {
          "text": "204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 6.2.7"
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          "text": "470 BCE, Aeschylus, The Suppliants 294"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.20"
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        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.104"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.6"
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          "text": "361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 212"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.147"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.92"
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          "text": "361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 62"
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          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 794D"
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          "text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 95"
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          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Leptines 2"
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        {
          "text": "330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 21"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.118"
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        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.8"
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        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Letters 2.24"
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        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.90"
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        {
          "text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 173B"
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          "text": "175 CE – 235 CE, Claudius Aelianus, Various History 14.40"
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          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.220"
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          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 24.334"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.76"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 1421"
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          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.55"
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          "text": "407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1594"
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          "text": "300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.91"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "most, most of all, above all",
        "(for μᾶλλον)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "for μᾶλλον"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.29"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.92"
        },
        {
          "text": "430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 5.2.31"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.118"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.68"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.191"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.93"
        },
        {
          "text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 175C"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.22"
        },
        {
          "text": "200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 2.41.13"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "most, most of all, above all"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "most",
          "most"
        ],
        [
          "most of all",
          "most of all"
        ],
        [
          "above all",
          "above all"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "most, most of all, above all",
        "(in loose accounts of numbers, used to show that they are not exact)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in loose accounts of numbers",
        "used to show that they are not exact"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "388 BCE, Aristophanes, Plutus 827"
        },
        {
          "text": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 994"
        },
        {
          "text": "423 BCE, Aristophanes, The Clouds 253"
        },
        {
          "text": "414 BCE, Aristophanes, The Birds 1531"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 453D"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "most, most of all, above all",
        "most certainly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "most",
          "most"
        ],
        [
          "most of all",
          "most of all"
        ],
        [
          "above all",
          "above all"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "most, most of all, above all",
        "(καὶ μάλιστα, used in answers) most certainly"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "used in answers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.353"
        },
        {
          "text": "429 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus the King 647"
        },
        {
          "text": "409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 1285"
        },
        {
          "text": "4th century BC, Isaeus, Menecles 20"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.22"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.40"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, The Republic 590D"
        },
        {
          "text": "384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Leptines 25"
        },
        {
          "text": "361 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Midias 152"
        },
        {
          "text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 180B"
        },
        {
          "text": "409 BCE, Sophocles, Philoctetes 617"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.53"
        },
        {
          "text": "380 BCE, Plato, Gorgias 448D"
        },
        {
          "text": "386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Meno 80B"
        },
        {
          "text": "385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 218C"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.37"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 327A"
        },
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.86"
        },
        {
          "text": "204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 5.5.11"
        },
        {
          "text": "204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 6.2.7"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "most, most of all, above all"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "most",
          "most"
        ],
        [
          "most of all",
          "most of all"
        ],
        [
          "above all",
          "above all"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/má.lis.ta/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.lis.ta/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.lis.ta/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/má.lis.ta/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.lis.ta/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.lis.ta/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.lis.ta/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈma.lis.ta/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μάλιστα"
}

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