Κράτιστα
most excellent, optimum
Translated by David Whitehead9 Dec 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Meaning [something] preferable, or better.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κράτιστα· ἀντὶ τοῦ αἱρετώτερον, ἢ βέλτιον.
Betacode
*kra/tista: a)nti\ tou= ai(retw/teron, h)\ be/ltion.
Notes
- As Adler notes, related by Gaisford to Aristophanes, Knights 30, where the present headword, a neuter plural, occurs. (See also Lysistrata 1013, and commonly in other authors.) The glosses are neuter singular.
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Revision history3 revisions · last 17 Mar 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked tr; augmented note — David Whitehead
- tweaked translation, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead