ἀριστεύς

See also: Ἀριστεύς

Ancient Greek

From ἄριστος (áristos) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

ἀριστεύς • (aristeús) m (genitive ἀριστέως); third declension

the best man; chief, victor, champion (a winner of first prize or first place in competition)
the bravest man/best man in valor; champion (someone who fights on another's behalf)

The declension is the standard one for nouns in -εύς.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀριστεύς ho aristeús	τὼ ἀριστῆ tṑ aristê	οἱ ἀριστῆς / ἀριστεῖς hoi aristês / aristeîs
Genitive	τοῦ ἀριστέως toû aristéōs	τοῖν ἀριστέοιν toîn aristéoin	τῶν ἀριστέων tôn aristéōn
Dative	τῷ ἀριστεῖ tôi aristeî	τοῖν ἀριστέοιν toîn aristéoin	τοῖς ἀριστεῦσῐ / ἀριστεῦσῐν toîs aristeûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀριστέᾱ tòn aristéā	τὼ ἀριστῆ tṑ aristê	τοὺς ἀριστέᾱς toùs aristéās
Vocative	ἀριστεῦ aristeû	ἀριστῆ aristê	ἀριστῆς / ἀριστεῖς aristês / aristeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀριστεύς aristeús	ἀριστῆε aristêe	ἀριστῆες aristêes
Genitive	ἀριστῆος / ἀριστέος aristêos / aristéos	ἀριστήοιῐν aristḗoiin	ἀριστήων aristḗōn
Dative	ἀριστῆῐ̈ / ἀριστέῐ̈ aristêï / aristéï	ἀριστήοιῐν aristḗoiin	ἀριστήεσσῐ / ἀριστήεσσῐν / ἀριστεῦσῐ / ἀριστεῦσῐν aristḗessi(n) / aristeûsi(n)
Accusative	ἀριστῆᾰ / ἀριστέᾰ aristêa / aristéa	ἀριστῆε aristêe	ἀριστῆᾰς aristêas
Vocative	ἀριστεῦ aristeû	ἀριστῆε aristêe	ἀριστῆες aristêes
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.