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ὕβριστος

ὕβριστος, wanton, insolent, outrageous

ὕβρ-ιστος, η, ον,
  • = ὑβριστικός, wanton, insolent, outrageous, ἔργον Pherecr. 162; ὕ. χρῆμα (sc. ἡ γυνή) Pl.Com. 98:—hence Comp. ὑβριστότερος Hdt. 3.81 (v.l. ὑβριστικώτερος), X. Cyr. 5.5.41, Pl. Lg. 641c: Sup. ὑβριστότατος Ar. V. 1303, X. An. 5.8.22, Mem. 1.2.12, Pl. Lg. 808d.—In AB 368 (where Pherecr. and Pl.Com. are cited) we are told that ὕβριστος is of the same type as Superlatives like βέλτιστος, κάλλιστος, κράτιστος, etc.; in which case ὑβριστότερος, -ότατος would have to be regarded as doubled forms of comparison:— ὑβριστός oxyt. is cited in EM 697.56.

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