βέλτ-ιστος,η,ον, Dor.
βέντ-, Sup. of
ἀγαθός,
A. best, most excellent, β. ἀνὴρ γενενῆσθαι περὶ τὸν δῆμον
Ar. Eq. 765
;ὦ βέλτιστεorβ., a common mode of address,my dear friend, Id. Pl. 1172 , Antiph. 289 , Pl. R. 337e , etc.; ὦ βέλτιστε σύ
Eub. 106
; ὦ β. ἀνδρῶν
Pl. Grg. 515a
; ὦ ἄριστε καὶ β.
Id. Lg. 902a
; βέντισθ' οὗτος
Theoc. 5.76
; ὑπὲρ τὸ β.
A. Ag. 378
;οἱ β.orτὸ β. the aristocracy, X. HG 5.2.6 , Cyr. 8.1.16 , Ath. 1.5 , etc.;τὸ β., in Philos.,the highest good, Pl. Phd. 99a , 99b , Epict. Ench. 51 , etc.; τὰ β. βουλεύειν