κύδ-ιστος,η,ον, Sup. of
κυδρός,
A. most honoured, noblest, in Hom. freq. of Zeus and Agamemnon, Ζεῦ κύδιστε μέγιστε
Il. 2.412
, al.; Ἀτρεί̈δη κ.
1.122
, al.; of Athena, 4.515 , Od. 3.378 ; of Hera, h.Ven. 42 ; of Leto, h.Ap. 62 ; of Anchises, h.Ven. 108 ; κύδιστ' Ἀχαιῶν
A. Fr. 238
(lyr.).
2. of things,greatest, κύδιστ' ἀχέων
Id. Supp. 13
(anap.): in Trag., Comp.
κῡδίων[ῑ],ον , gen.ονος , τί μοι ζῆν δῆτα κύδιον; whatprofits itme to live? E. Alc. 960 (s.v.l.), cf. Andr. 639 ( v.l. κύδιστον ).