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            "lemma": "ἐλάχιστος",
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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "'<b>η, ον<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾰ]<\/font><br\/><b>      1<\/b> (<i>p. opp. à<\/i> μέγιστος) le plus petit, le moindre, HH. <i>Merc. 573 ;<\/i> HDT. <i>7, 168 ;<\/i> THC. <i>1, 10 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Phædr. 233<\/i> e ; τὸ ἐλάχιστον, τοὐλάχιστον, HDT. <i>2, 13 ;<\/i> XÉN. <i>An. 5, 7, 5 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Parm. 142<\/i> e : ἐπ' ἐλάχιστον, THC. <i>2, 45 ;<\/i> ἐλάχιστα, THC. <i>1, 70 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Phæd. 63<\/i> d, au moins ; περὶ ἐλαχίστου ποιεῖσθαι, PLAT. <i>Ap. 30<\/i> a, faire le moins de cas possible ; δι' ἐλαχίστου, THC. <i>3, 39,<\/i> dans le moins de temps possible ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> (<i>p. opp. à<\/i> πλεῖστος) le moins nombreux possible, très peu nombreux : <i>au sg<\/i>. ἐλ. τὸν ἀριθμόν, ARSTT. <i>Pol. 5, 10, 27,<\/i> en très petit nombre ; <i>abs<\/i>. PLAT. <i>Rsp. 378<\/i> a ; <i>au plur<\/i>. ἐν ἐλαχίστοις δυσί, ARSTT. <i>Nic. 5, 3, 3,<\/i> entre deux au moins.<p style='color:darkgreen'>•<i> Cp<\/i>. ἐλαχιστότερος, plus minime, NT. <i>Eph. 3, 8 ; • Sup<\/i>. ἐλαχιστότατος, le plus minime, SEXT. <i>469, 8 Bkk<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>Sup. de<\/i> ἐλαχύς, <i>et aussi, pour le sens, de<\/i> ὀλίγος ; <i>cf<\/i>. ἐλάσσων.<\/p>'"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "η, ον, <i>Sup. of<\/i> ἐλαχύς ; Comp. ἐλάσσων: — <b>smallest, least<\/b>, freq. with a neg., γέρας, δύναμις οὐκ ἐ., <i>h.Merc.<\/i> 573, Hdt. 7.168, etc. ; λόγου ἐλαχίστου of <b>least<\/b> account, Id. 1.143; ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι <b>narrowly<\/b> missed destroying them, Th. 2.77; περὶ ἐλαχίστου ποιεῖσθαι Pl. <i>Ap.<\/i> 30a; παρ’ ἐλάχιστον ἐποίησεν αὐτοὺς ἀφαιρεθῆναι D. 17.22. of Time, <b>shortest<\/b>, δι’ ἐλαχίστου (sc. χρόνου) Th. 3.39; δι’ ἐλαχίστης βουλῆς with <b>shortest<\/b> deliberation, Id. 1.138. of Number, <b>fewest<\/b>, Pl. <i>R.<\/i> 378a; ἐ. τὸν ἀριθμόν Arist. <i>Pol.<\/i> 1312a30; ἐν ἐλαχίστοις δυσίν between two <b>at least<\/b>, Id. <i>EN<\/i> 1131a15. Math., ἐλάχιστα καὶ μέγιστα <b>minima<\/b> and maxima, Apollon. Perg. <i>Con.<\/i> 1 Praef. τὸ ἐλάχιστον, τοὐλάχιστον, <b>at the least<\/b>, Hdt. 2.13, X. <i>An.<\/i> 5.7.8, D. 4.21; ἐλάχιστα <b>least<\/b> of any one, Th. 1.70; ὡς ἐ. as <b>little as possible<\/b>, Pl. <i>Phd.<\/i> 63d. from ἐλάχιστος came a new Comp. ἐλαχιστότερος <b>less than the least<\/b>, ἐ. πάντων ἁγίων Ep. Eph. 3.8; <i>Sup.<\/i> ἐλαχιστότατος <b>very least of all<\/b>, S.E. <i>M.<\/i> 3.54, 9.406."
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                    "description": "superl. von ἐλαχύς, <i>der kleinste, geringste, schlechteste<\/i> ; γέρας οὐκ ἐλ. <i>H.h. Merc<\/i>. 570 ; δύναμις οὐκ ἐλ. Her. 7.168 ; Folgde : bes. mit der negat., οὐκ ἐλαχίστην χάριν εἴσονται Plat. <i>Phaedr<\/i>. 233e ; <font color='brown'>Ggstz μέγιστος<\/font> ; von Schiffen, Thuc. 1.10 ; τὰ πλείστου ἄξια περὶ ἐλαχίστου ποιεῖσθαι Plat. <i>Apol<\/i>. 30 a.<br\/><font color='darkgreen'>• Adv., τὸ ἐλάχιστον, τοὐλάχιστον<\/font>, <i>zum wenigsten, wenigstens<\/i> ; Plat. <i>Parm<\/i>. 142e ; Xen. <i>An<\/i>. 5.7.5 u. A.; ὡς ἐλάχιστα διαλέγεσθαι Plat. <i>Phaed<\/i>. 63d ; ἐπ' ἐλάχιστον, so wenig wie möglich, Thuc. 1.70, 2.45 ; δι' ἐλαχίστου, <i>in sehr kurzer Zeit<\/i>, Thuc. Auch von der Zahl, ὅπως ὅτι ἐλαχίστοις συνέβη ἀκοῦσαι Plat. <i>Rep<\/i>. II.378a ; <font color='brown'>Ggstz πλεῖστος<\/font>, Xen. <i>Mem<\/i>. 4.4.17 ; Plut. <i>Pericl<\/i>. 23. – Spätere haben einen Kompar. u. superl. <b>ἐλαχιστότερος<\/b> u. <b>ἐλαχιστότατος<\/b>, Sext.Emp. <i>adv.phys<\/i>. 9.406, <i>NT<\/i>."
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                    "dictionary": "TBESG",
                    "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars",
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                    "description": " <b>ἐλάχιστος<\/b>, -η, -ον<br\/> (see: ἐλάσσων), <br\/><b>smallest, least<\/b>: as proper superlat., 1Co.15:9; elsewhere, as usually in late Gk., intensive (B1., § 11, 3); Mat.2:6 (LXX) Mat.25:40, 45 Luk.12:26 16:10 19:17, 1Co.4:3 6:2, Jas.3:4; ἐ. ἐν τ. βασιλείᾳ τ. οὐρανῶν, Mat.5:19 (see Dalman, <i>Words<\/i>, 113). Compar., ἐλαχιστότερος (for corresp. superl., see LS; see also Bl., § 44, 3); less than the least: Eph.3:8.†<br\/> (AS)"
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