ἥκιστος,η,ον, prob.,likeforeg., Sup. of
ἦκα,
A. least, ὁ δ' ἥκιστ' ἔχων μακάρτατος
S. Fr. 410
.
2. c.inf.,worstat . . ,ἥ. θηρᾶν, κρυμῷ ὁμιλεῖν, Ael. NA 9.1 , 4.31 (cf. foreg.).
II. mostly asAdv.,ἥκιστα least, Hp. Acut. 68 , S. Ph. 427 , etc.; οὐκ ἥ. ἀλλὰ μάλιστα
Hdt. 4.170
;ὡς ἥ.as little as possible, Th. 1.91 .
2. in reply to a question,not at all, S. OT 623 , E. HF 299 , etc.; ἥκιστά γε
S. OT 1386
, Pl. Phdr. 276c ; ἥ. πάντων
Ar. Pl. 440
.
3. οὐχ ἥ., freq. in litotes,above all, more than all, A. Ch. 116 ; οἵ τε ἄλλοι καὶ οὐχ ἥ. Ἀθηναῖοι