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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> le plus fort <i>ou<\/i> très fort, le plus brave <i>ou<\/i> très brave, le meilleur <i>ou<\/i> excellent, IL. <i>1, 581, etc. ;<\/i> φ. τινι, IL. <i>7, 289, etc. ;<\/i> OD. <i>12, 246, etc. ;<\/i> PD. <i>N. 10, 24,<\/i> qui l’emporte <i>ou<\/i> qui excelle en qqe ch.<p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>R. indo-europ<\/i>. *b<sup>h<\/sup>er-, porter ; <i>suff. du<\/i> <i style='color:darkgreen'>• Sup<\/i>. -τατος ; <i>cf<\/i>. φέριστος, φέρτιστος <i>et<\/i> φέρτερος.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "η, ον, <b>bravest, best<\/b>, πολὺ φ. <i>Il.<\/i> 1.581, etc. ; μέγα φ. 16.21, cf. <i>Lyr.Alex.Adesp.<\/i> 25, etc. ; c. dat. modi, χερσίν τε βίηφί τε φ. ἦσαν <i>Od.<\/i> 12.246; περὶ δ’ ἔγχει Ἀχαιῶν φ. ἐσσι <i>Il.<\/i> 7.289; ὄλβῳ φ. Pi. <i>N.<\/i> 10.13; of things, κακῶν φέρτατον <b>the best<\/b>, i.e.<br\/><b>least bad<\/b>, among evils, <i>Il.<\/i> 17.105; λόγοι φ.<br\/><b>best<\/b>, Pi. <i>P.<\/i> 5.48; ὄ τι φέρτατον ἀνδρὶ τυχεῖν Id. <i>O.<\/i> 7.26. in form φέριστος, ἄνδρα φέριστον <i>Il.<\/i> 9.110; μὴ φῦναι φέριστον B. 5.160, cf. Pi. <i>Fr.<\/i> 126 (φέρτ- cj. Boeckh); mostly voc. φέριστε, <i>Il.<\/i> 6.123, 15.247, Theoc. 7.125, etc. ; φέριστοι <i>Il.<\/i> 23.409; φέριστε Καδμείων ἄναξ A. <i>Th.<\/i> 39; ὦ φ. δεσποτῶν S. <i>OT<\/i> 1149; εἶεν, ὦ φ. Pl. <i>Phdr.<\/i> 238d; Comp. φέρτερος, α, ον, <b>braver, better<\/b>, of persons, πολὺ φ. <i>Il.<\/i> 4.56, etc. ; c. dat. modi, βίῃ καὶ χερσὶ καὶ ἔγχεϊ φ. 3.431, cf. <i>Od.<\/i> 6.6; φ. οὐκ ὀλίγον ἔγχει <i>Il.<\/i> 19.217; c. inf., θεοὶ… φέρτεροί εἰσι νοῆσαι <i>Od.<\/i> 5.170; φ. γόνος πατρός Pi. <i>I.<\/i> 8 (7).35; παῖδα φ. πατρός A. <i>Pr.<\/i> 768; of things, ἀγών, νόστος, Pi. <i>O.<\/i> 1.7, <i>P.<\/i> 1.35; πολὺ φέρτερόν ἐστιν ΄tis much <b>better<\/b>, <i>Il.<\/i> 1.169; τί φ. ἢ… c. inf., B. 4.18; c. inf., <i>Od.<\/i> 12.109, 21.154; εἰς τὸ φ. τίθει τὸ μέλλον E. <i>Hel.<\/i> 346 (lyr.). Adv., τέττιγος φέρτερον ᾄδεις Theoc. 1.148. (From root φερ- ΄bring΄, ΄produce΄; ἀπὸ τοῦ φέρειν βέλτιον Hsch.)"
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