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Strong's #1647 - ἐλαχιστότερος
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- less than the least, lower the lowest
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ἐλαχιστοìτερος
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ἐλαχιστοτερος, ἐλαχιστερα, ἐλαχιστερον (comparitive formed from the superlative ἐλάχιστος; there is also a superlative ἐλαχιστοτατος; "it is well known that this kind of double comparison is common in the poets; but in prose, it is regarded as faulty." Lob. ad Phryn., p. 136; cf. Winers Grammar, § 11, 2 b. (also 27 (26); Buttmann, 28 (25))), less than the least, lower than the lowest: Ephesians 3:8.
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ἐλαχιστότερος
(for corresp. superl., v. LS; v. also Bl., § 44, 3);
less than the least: Ephesians 3:8.†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
With this form (Ephesians 3:8) we may compare the double superlative μεγιστότατος in the horoscope P Lond 130.49 (i/ii A.D.) (= I. p. 134) ὅθεν ὁ μὲν μεγιστότατος ἥλιος καὶ τῶν ὅλων δυνάστης. See further Proleg. p. 236.
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