α4529Αὐτότατος
his very self
Aristophanes in Wealth [writes]: "that man himself? His very self." A pronoun, but played upon comically; for indefinites do not permit superlatives. If then the pronoun is used for "the self", then in accordance with…
Αὐτότατος· Ἀριστοφάνης Πλούτῳ· ἐκεῖνος αὐτός; αὐτότατος. ἀντωνυμία, πέπαικται δὲ κωμικῶς· τὰ γὰρ ἀόριστα τῶν πραγμάτων ἀνεπίτατα. εἰ οὖν ἡ ἀντωνυμία ἐπὶ οὐσίας παραλαμβάνεται,…