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Headword: λῷστε
Adler number: omega,76
Translated headword: o finest (of friends)!
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
O best (of friends)!
Greek Original:
Ὦ λῷστε: ὦ βέλτιστε.
Note:
Little if any semantic difference can be discerned between these two forms of address involving superlative adjectives. For the headword version see e.g. Sophocles, Philoctetes 1170-1; Xenophon, Hellenica 4.1.38, Symposium 4.1; Plato, Gorgias 467B, Laws 638A, 789A, 968A.
Keywords: daily life; definition; historiography; philosophy; tragedy
Translated by: William Bubelis on 5 May 2000@23:19:44.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (supplied headword; modified note; added keywords) on 25 September 2002@04:26:28.


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