κάκιστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κακός (kakós) +‎ -ιστος (-istos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.kis.tos/ → /ˈka.cis.tos/ → /ˈka.cis.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.kis.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.kis.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.cis.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.cis.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.cis.tos/

Adjective

κᾰ́κῐστος • (kákistos) m (feminine κᾰκῐ́στη, neuter κᾰ́κῐστον); first/second declension

1. superlative degree of κακός (kakós)

Declension

First and second declension of κᾰ́κῐστος; κᾰκῐ́στη; κᾰ́κῐστον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κᾰ́κῐστος kákistos	κᾰκῐ́στη kakístē	κᾰ́κῐστον kákiston		κᾰκῐ́στω kakístō	κᾰκῐ́στᾱ kakístā	κᾰκῐ́στω kakístō		κᾰ́κῐστοι kákistoi	κᾰ́κῐσται kákistai	κᾰ́κῐστᾰ kákista
Genitive		κᾰκῐ́στου kakístou	κᾰκῐ́στης kakístēs	κᾰκῐ́στου kakístou		κᾰκῐ́στοιν kakístoin	κᾰκῐ́σταιν kakístain	κᾰκῐ́στοιν kakístoin		κᾰκῐ́στων kakístōn	κᾰκῐ́στων kakístōn	κᾰκῐ́στων kakístōn
Dative		κᾰκῐ́στῳ kakístōi	κᾰκῐ́στῃ kakístēi	κᾰκῐ́στῳ kakístōi		κᾰκῐ́στοιν kakístoin	κᾰκῐ́σταιν kakístain	κᾰκῐ́στοιν kakístoin		κᾰκῐ́στοις kakístois	κᾰκῐ́σταις kakístais	κᾰκῐ́στοις kakístois
Accusative		κᾰ́κῐστον kákiston	κᾰκῐ́στην kakístēn	κᾰ́κῐστον kákiston		κᾰκῐ́στω kakístō	κᾰκῐ́στᾱ kakístā	κᾰκῐ́στω kakístō		κᾰκῐ́στους kakístous	κᾰκῐ́στᾱς kakístās	κᾰ́κῐστᾰ kákista
Vocative		κᾰ́κῐστε kákiste	κᾰκῐ́στη kakístē	κᾰ́κῐστον kákiston		κᾰκῐ́στω kakístō	κᾰκῐ́στᾱ kakístā	κᾰκῐ́στω kakístō		κᾰ́κῐστοι kákistoi	κᾰ́κῐσται kákistai	κᾰ́κῐστᾰ kákista
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κᾰ́κῐστᾰ kákista				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “κάκιστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press