, as Sup. of ἀγαθόσ, Pi.I.1.17, S.Ant. 1050, etc.: colloquially, "ἄνδρα κ." εἰπώνThphr.Char.5.2; οἱ κράτιστοι
the aristocracy
, X.HG7.1.42, v. ἀγαθόσ 1; τὰ κ. τῆς χώρασ ib.3.4.20. b. as a title or mode of address, κράτιστε ΘεόφιλεEv.Luc. 1.3; esp. = Lat.
egregius
, ὁ κ. ἡγεμώνPFay.p.33(i A.D.); ὁ κ. ἐπίτροποσBGU891(ii A.D.); ἡ κ., of a woman of the
equester ordo,
IG14. 1346; also, = Lat.
clarissimus
, of Senators, ὁ κ. ἀνθὐπατοσ ib.9(1).61; ὁ κ. συγκλητικόσIGRom.3.581, etc.; ἡ κ. βουλήPOxy.2108.6(iii A. D.). c. with modal words added, κ. τὴν ψυχήνTh.2.40; πάντων πάντα κ.
best
of all in .., X.An.1.9.2; ἔν τινιId.Mem.3.4.5; εἴς τιPl.Phlb.67b; περί τιId.Plt.257a; πρός τιX.HG3.4.16: c. inf.,
best at
doing, Th.2.81, Pl.Phdr.267d, X.Mem.1.4.1, etc.: c. part., τῶν ἡλίκων κ. εἶναι ἀκοντίζων καὶ τοξεύωνId.Cyr.1.3.15. 3. neut. folld. by inf., φυγέειν κάρτιστον to flee were
best
, Od.12.120, cf. E.El. 379, Ar.Eq.80, etc.: in pl., κράτιστα ..ἑλεῖνE.Med.384: abs., ὅπερ κ. the
main point
, Th.1.143. 4.Adv. usages, ἀπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου
in all good faith
, Plb.8.17.4; κατὰ τὸ κ.D.H.2.22: neut. pl. κράτιστα as Adv., X.HG3.4.16, Ages.1.25.— The Comp. in use is κρείσσων (q.v.).