ἄριστος (root ἀρ, cf. ἀρείων,
ἀρετή), ὤριστος = ὁ ἄριστος: best, most
excellent (see the various implied meanings under ἀγαθός); Ζεύς, θεῶν
ὕπατος καὶ ἄριστος, Il.
19.258; freq. w. adv. prefixed, μέγ(α), ὄχ(α), ἔξοχ(α), Il. 1.69, Il.
12.103; often foll. by explanatory inf., dat.,
or acc. (μάχεσθαι, βουλῇ, εἶδος);
ἦ σοὶ ἄριστα πεποίηται,
‘finely indeed hast thou been treated,’ Il. 6.56.