COMPOUND: ἐρισθενής, -ές
CATEGORIZATION: A [Part+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘very mighty‘
ETYMOLOGY: ἐρι- ‘very, much’ + noun root σθενες- (σθένος, -εος) ‘might’ + adj. suf. -ής, -ές
OCCURRENCE: Il. XIII, 54; XIX, 355; XXI, 184; Od. VIII, 289
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – bahuvrῑhi
NOTES: epithet. of Zeus