Included with:
ἐλᾰχιστ-ος [ᾰ], η, ον,
superlative of ἐλαχύς:
comparative ἐλάσσων (which see):—
smallest, least, frequently with a
negative, γέρας, δύναμις οὐκ ἐ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόγου ἐλαχίστου of
least account, [
Refs]; ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι
narrowly missed destroying them, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) of Time,
shortest, δι᾽ ἐλαχίστου (i.e. χρόνου) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ ἐλαχίστης βουλῆς with
shortest deliberation, [
Refs]
3) of Number,
fewest, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἐλαχίστοις δυσίν between two
at least. [
Refs]
4) in Mathematics texts, ἐλάχιστα καὶ μέγιστα
minima and maxima, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II) τὸ ἐλάχιστον, τοὐλάχιστον,
at the least, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλάχιστα
least of any one, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἐ. as
little as possible, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III) from ἐλάχιστος came a new
comparative ἐλαχιστότερος less than the least, ἐ. πάντων ἁγίων [
NT]
very least of all, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]