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μάλα
μάλα [μᾰλᾰ; but Hom. sts. uses the ult. long before λ, Il. 3.214 , 4.379 ; before μ, 10.172 ], Adv.
A). very, exceedingly, prefixed or subjoined to Adjectives, Verbs, and Adverbs:
1). strengthening the word with which it stands,
a). with Adjs., in Hom. most freq., μάλα πολλά very many, Od. 1.1 ; μ. πᾶσα, μ. πάντα, every one, all together, Il. 13.741 , Od. 2.306 , etc.; μάλ’ ἀσκηθής all unhurt, 5.26 ; ἀβληχρὸς μ. τοῖος quite gentle, 11.135 ; σαρδάνιον μ. τοῖον a quite sardonic smile, 20.302 ; μάλα μυρίοι 15.556 , 16.121 , etc.; ἐμέο πρότερος μ. actually before me, Il. 10.124 ; later, μ. φιλόσοφοι, πλάτανος μάλ’ ἀμφιλαφής, etc., Pl. Prm. 126b , Phdr. 230b , etc.: strengthd., μ. δὴ πρεσβύτης very old, X. Cyr. 8.7.1 ; μ. γέ τινες ὀλίγοι Pl. R. 531e .
b). with Advs., πάγχυ μ., μ. πάγχυ, quite utterly, Il. 12.165 , 14.143 ; πάνυ μ. Pl. Phd. 80c ; εὖ μ. right well, Od. 22.190 , Pl. Phd. 92d , etc.; μάλα .. εὖ Od. 23.175 , cf. Pl. Tht. 156a ; μάλ’ αὐτίκα (v. αὐτίκα); μάλ’ αἰεί for ever and aye, Il. 13.557 , 23.717 ; ἄχρι μ. κνέφαος until quite dark, Od. 18.370 ; μάλ’ ὧδε just in this way, 6.258 ; μ. διαμπερές right through, Il. 20.362 ; μ. μόλις (v. μόλις); to express repeated action, μάλ’ αὖθις A. Ag. 1345 , Ch. 654 ; μάλ’ αὖ S. El. 1410 , etc.; μ. alone, ἔα, ἔα μ. A. Ch. 870 ; οἲ μ. καὶ τόδ’ ἀλγῶ Id. Pers. 1045 (lyr.); εἶα μ. Ar. Pax 460s q. (so ἄλλος πύργος .. , καὶ ἕτερος μ. ἐπὶ τούτῳ Hdt. 1.181 , cf. 7.186 ): freq. after καί, αὗταί σ’ ὁδηγήσουσι καὶ μάλ’ ἀσμένως A. Pr. 728 , cf. Ch. 879 : with neg., μάλ’ οὐ, μάλ’ οὔ πως, Il. 2.241 , Od. 5.103 ; οὐ μ. Hdt. 1.93 , 2.37 , S. Ph. 676 (lyr.).
c). with Verbs, μήτ’ ἄρ με μάλ’ αἴνεε Il. 10.249 ; μ. τ’ ἔκλυον αὐτοῦ 1.218 ; ἡ δὲ μάλ’ ἡνιόχευεν drove carefully, Od. 6.319 ; μ .. . προπέμπει in earnest, A. Th. 915 (lyr.), cf. Eu. 368 (lyr.); καὶ μ. δοκοῦντας φρονίμους εἶναι X. Cyr. 6.1.36 ; μ. πολιορκούμενοι Id. HG 7.1.25 .
2). strengthening an assertion, νῦν σε μ. χρὴ αἰχμητὴν ἔμεναι, i.e. now or never, Il. 16.492 ; τῷ κε μάλ’ ἤ κεν μεῖνε .. then doubtless he would have stayed, Od. 4.733 ; σοὶ δὲ μάλ’ ἕψομ’ ἐγώ yes indeed .. , Il. 10.108 ; ἀλλὰ μάλ’ ὤφελλες why plainly .. , Od. 4.472 : freq. with another word, as ἦ μ. δή .. now in very truth, Il. 5.422 , etc.; ἦ δή που μ. 21.583 ; freq. ἦ μ. (without δή) 3.204 , etc.
3). in Hom. sts. after εἰ, as εἰ μ. μιν χόλος ἵκοι if wrath come on him ever so much, Il. 17.399 , cf. Od. 5.485 , al.; καὶ εἰ μ. τις πολεμίζοι Il. 9.318 ; also μ. περ c. part., μ. περ μεμαώς though desiring never so much, 13.317 , cf. 14.58 , 17.710 , al.; καὶ μ. περ 1.217 , cf. 17.571 ; καὶ εὐρέα περ μάλ’ ἐόντα Od. 18.385 .
4). in Att. freq. in answers, yes, certainly, μ. γε Pl. R. 555d , 564e , etc.; μ. τοι X. Mem. 1.2.46 ; καὶ μ. Pl. Phdr. 258c ; καὶ μ. γε Id. Tht. 148c , etc.; καὶ μ. δή ib. 177a ; καὶ μ. ἐπαύσατο certainly it stopped, Id. Smp. 189a , etc.
II). Comp. μᾶλλον [ᾱ by nature, Hdn.Gr. 2.932 ], Ion. μάλιον [ᾰ] only in Tyrt. 12.6 , cf. Choerob.in An.Ox. 2.240 ; late Dor. μαλλότερον Pempel. ap. Stob. 4.25.52 :—more, rather, Il. 5.231 , Od. 1.351 , al.: mostly folld. by ἤ, but in Prose also by a gen., μ. τοῦ ξυμφέροντος more than is expedient, Antipho 5.1 ; μ. τοῦ δέοντος Pl. Grg. 487b , X. Mem. 4.3.8 (sts. expressed by μᾶλλον alone, Pl. Phd. 63d ); οὐπώποτ’ ἔργου μ. εἱλόμην λόγους E. Fr. 394 ; παντὸς μ. most assuredly, Pl. Lg. 715d (v. infr. 8 ); in Id. Ap. 36d , οὐκ ἔσθ’ ὅτι μ. πρέπει οὕτως, ὡς .. , ὡς is prob. = ἤ (v. ὡς): denoting a constant increase, more and more, sts. doubled, μ. μ. E. IT 1406 , Ar. Ra. 1001 (lyr.), Alex. 29 : in positive sense, exceedingly, κηρόθι μ. Il. 9.300 , Od. 15.370 , al.:—Usage:
1). freq. strengthened by other words, πολὺ μ. Il. 9.700 , etc.; ἔτι μ. 14.97 , al.; μ. ἔτ’ ἢ τὸ πάροιθεν Od. 1.322 ; καὶ μ. Il. 8.470 ; καὶ μ. ἔτι Od. 18.22 ; ἔτι καὶ μ. Pi. P. 10.57 ; ἔτι καὶ πολὺ μ. Il. 23.386 , 429 , Hes. Th. 428 ; ἐπὶ μ. Hdt. 3.104 ; ἔτι ἐπὶ μ. Id. 1.94 ; πολλῷ μ. Pl. Phd. 80e , 1 Ep.Cor. 12.22 : also modified, μᾶλλόν τι somewhat more, μ. τι περιημέκτεε Hdt. 1.114 , cf. 50 , etc.; μ. ἤδη προσδεχομένου Th. 8.71 .
2). sts. with a second Comp., ῥηΐτεροι μ. Il. 24.243 , cf. Hdt. 1.32 , A. Th. 673 , Supp. 279 , S. Ant. 1210 , E. El. 222 , Pl. Phd. 79e , Is. 4.14 (s.v.l.), Arist. Top. 116b24 .
3). μᾶλλον δέ much more .. , or rather .. , to correct a statement already made, ὁ δεσπότης πέπραγεν εὐτυχέστατα, μ. δ’ ὁ Πλοῦτος αὐτός Ar. Pl. 634 ; πολλοί, μ. δὲ πάντες D. 18.65 , cf. Pl. Smp. 173e ; so ἢ μ. Corn. ND 20 , Simp. in Ph. 25.16 ; οὐχὶ μ. ἤ .. not so, but rather so .. , Th. 2.87 .
4). μ. δὲ καὶ ἡσυχαίτερα more or less violent, Id. 3.82 .
5). οὐδὲν μ. none the more, ib. 79 ; οὐδέν τι μ. Pl. Phd. 87d ; μηδέν τι μ. ἤ .. S. Aj. 280 .
6). μ. ἤ .. folld. by οὐ in comparisons, where preference implies rejection or denial, πόλιν ὅλην διαφθεῖραι μᾶλλον ἤ οὐ τοὺς αἰτίους Th. 3.36 : preceded by another neg., Hdt. 4.118 , 5.94 , 7.16 . γ/, etc.: by an interrog. which conveys a neg. force, τίδεῖ .. μᾶλλον, ἤ οὐ .. ; X. HG 6.3.15 .
7). τὸ μ. καὶ ἧττον, a form of argument, a fortiori, Arist. Rh. 1397b12 .
8). παντὸς μ., v. πᾶς 111.4 .
III). Sup. μάλιστα most of all, above all, Hom., etc.; πᾶσι, μάλιστα δ’ ἐμοί Od. 21.353 ; μ. μὲν .. , ἔπειτα or ἔπειτα δέ .. , first and above all .. , next .. , S. OT 647 , cf. Ph. 1285 ; μ. μὲν .. , δεύτερον δὲ .. Is. 2.20 ; μ. μὲν .. , εἰ δὲ μὴ .. Hdt. 8.22 , Th. 1.40 , Pl. R. 590d , D. 20.25 , etc.; τοῦτο δ’ ἐστὶ μ. μὲν θάνατος, εἰ δὲ μή, πάντα τὰ ὄντα ἀφελέσθαι Id. 21.152 ; μάλιστα μὲν .. , μᾶλλον μέντοι .. Pl. Smp. 180b ; μάλιστα .. , εἰ μὴ δ’ .. S. Ph. 617 ; δοκέων μιν μ. ταύτης ἂν πείθεσθαι certainly, Hdt. 3.53 ; τί μ.; what precisely? Pl. Grg. 448d , cf. Men. 80b , Smp. 218c : c. gen. partit., μ. πάντων Hdt. 2.37 , Pl. Prt. 327a , cf. Th. 4.86 ; τὸ μ. πάντων the supreme reality, Plot. 5.5.11 ; τὸ μ. εἶναι the highest degree of being, Id. 6.2.7 .
1). strengthd., ὡς μ. certainly, A. Supp. 294 , Pl. R. 460a , etc.; ὅσον μ. A. Pr. 524 ; ὅσα ἐδύνατο μ. Hdt. 1.185 ; ὡς δύναμαι μ. Pl. R. 367b ; ὡς οἷόν τε μ. Id. Grg. 510b ; εἰς ὅσον ἀνθρώπῳ δυνατὸν μ. Id. Phdr. 277a ; ὅτι μ. δύνασαι Id. Sph. 239b ; μακρῷ μ. Hdt. 1.171 ; πολλῷ μ. Paus. 1.42.3 ; παντὸς μ. D.H. 3.35 , etc.
2). with the Art., ἐς τὰ μ. in the highest degree, Hdt. 1.20 , 2.76 , Th. 6.104 , 8.6 , D. 21.212 : without ἐς, φίλοι τὰ μ. Hdt. 2.147 , cf. Th. 1.92 , D. 21.62 ; τά γε μ. Pl. Lg. 794d ; εἰ τὰ μ. ἦσαν ἀληθεῖς if they were ever so true, D. 18.95 ; εἰ τὰ μ. μὴ τινές, ἀλλὰ πάντες .. if (to put an extreme case) not some, but all .. , Id. 20.2 ; εἰ .. δοκοίη τὰ μ. Id. 18.21 ; ἀνὴρ δόκιμος ὁμοῖα τῷ μ. as famous as he that is most [famous], Hdt. 7.118 , cf. 3.8 ; τοῖς μάλισθ’ ὁμοίως D. Ep. 2.24 .
b). ἐν τοῖς μ. especially, as much as any, Th. 8.90 , Pl. Smp. 173b , etc.: with a Sup., ἐν τοῖς μ. ὠμότατος Ael. VH 14.40 ; φιλτάτη καὶ ἀναγκαιοτάτη ἐν τοῖς μ. Procop. Arc. 4 .
3). added to a Sup. (v. μάλα 11.2 , πλεῖστον), ἔχθιστος μ., μ. φίλτατος, Il. 2.220 , 24.334 ; μ. κῃ ἐμφερέστατα Hdt. 2.76 ; μ. φίλτατος E. Hipp. 1421 : to a Comp.(?), μ. δὴ ὀκνηρότεροι ἐγένοντο Th. 4.55 .
4). μάλιστα for μᾶλλον, μ. τῆς κόρης E. IA [1594] ; μ. ἤ ἐμοί A.R. 3.91 .
5). with numerals, in round numbers, about, Th. 3.29 , 92 , X. HG 5.2.31 , etc.; πεντήκοντα μάλιστα is 49 in Th. 1.118 ; ἑκατοστὸς μ. 99t h, Id. 8.68 ; ἐς μέσον μάλιστά κῃ about the middle, Hdt. 1.191 , cf. 76 ; ἥμισυ μ. Th. 1.93 ; μ. σφᾶς μεσοῦν δειπνοῦντας that they were about the middle of supper, Pl. Smp. 175c ; κου μ. Hdt. 7.22 ; μ. πως Plb. 2.41.13 .
6). in answers, most certainly, Ar. Pl. 827 , etc.; μ. γε S. OT 994 , Ar. Nu. 253 ; μ. πάντων Id. Av. 1531 ; πάντων μ. Pl. Grg. 453d ; v. supr. 1.4 . (Orig. perh. fiercely, cf. μαλερός.)


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very, very much, exceedingly

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μάλα</span> [<span class="itype greek">μᾰλᾰ</span>; but <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> sts. uses the ult. long before <span class="itype greek">λ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.214 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:379" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.379/canonical-url/"> 4.379 </a>; before <span class="itype greek">μ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:172" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.172/canonical-url/"> 10.172 </a>], Adv. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">very, exceedingly</span>, prefixed or subjoined to Adjectives, Verbs, and Adverbs: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> strengthening the word with which it stands, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>a).</strong></span> with Adjs., in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> most freq., <span class="foreign greek">μάλα πολλά</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">very</span> many, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.1 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. πᾶσα, μ. πάντα</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">every one</span>, all <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">together</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:741" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.741/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.741 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:306" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.306/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.306 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">μάλ’ ἀσκηθής</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">all</span> unhurt, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.26/canonical-url/"> 5.26 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀβληχρὸς μ. τοῖος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">quite</span> gentle, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.135/canonical-url/"> 11.135 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σαρδάνιον μ. τοῖον</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">quite</span> sardonic smile, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20:302" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.302/canonical-url/"> 20.302 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μάλα μυρίοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:15:556" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.556/canonical-url/"> 15.556 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.121/canonical-url/"> 16.121 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἐμέο πρότερος μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">actually</span> before me, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.124 </a>; later, <span class="foreign greek">μ. φιλόσοφοι, πλάτανος μάλ’ ἀμφιλαφής</span>, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg009:126b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg009:126b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prm.</span> 126b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:230b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:230b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 230b </a>, etc.: strengthd., <span class="foreign greek">μ. δὴ πρεσβύτης</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">very</span> old, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:7:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:7:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 8.7.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. γέ τινες ὀλίγοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:531e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:531e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 531e </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> with Advs., <span class="foreign greek">πάγχυ μ., μ. πάγχυ</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">quite</span> utterly, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:165" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.165/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.165 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:143" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.143/canonical-url/"> 14.143 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πάνυ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:80c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:80c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 80c </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εὖ μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">right</span> well, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:190" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.190/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 22.190 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:92d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:92d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 92d </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">μάλα .. εὖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:23:175" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:23.175/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 23.175 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:156a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:156a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 156a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μάλ’ αὐτίκα</span> (v. <span class="foreign greek">αὐτίκα</span>)<span class="foreign greek">; μάλ’ αἰεί</span> for ever and aye, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:557" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.557/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.557 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:717" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.717/canonical-url/"> 23.717 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄχρι μ. κνέφαος</span> until <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">quite</span> dark, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:370" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.370/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.370 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μάλ’ ὧδε</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">just</span> in this way, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:258" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.258/canonical-url/"> 6.258 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. διαμπερές</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">right</span> through, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:362" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:20.362/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 20.362 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. μόλις</span> (v. <span class="foreign greek">μόλις</span>); to express repeated action, <span class="quote greek">μάλ’ αὖθις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1345" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1345/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1345 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:654" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:654/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 654 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μάλ’ αὖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1410" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1410/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 1410 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">μ.</span> alone, <span class="quote greek">ἔα, ἔα μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:870" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:870/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 870 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">οἲ μ. καὶ τόδ’ ἀλγῶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1045" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1045/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 1045 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">εἶα μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:460s" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:460s/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 460s </a> q. (so <span class="quote greek">ἄλλος πύργος .. , καὶ ἕτερος μ. ἐπὶ τούτῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.181 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:186" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.186/canonical-url/"> 7.186 </a>): freq. after <span class="quote greek">καί, αὗταί σ’ ὁδηγήσουσι καὶ μάλ’ ἀσμένως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:728" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:728/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 728 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:879" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:879/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 879 </a>: with neg., <span class="foreign greek">μάλ’ οὐ, μάλ’ οὔ πως</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:241" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.241/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.241 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.103 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.93 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.37/canonical-url/"> 2.37 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:676" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:676/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 676 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> with Verbs, <span class="quote greek">μήτ’ ἄρ με μάλ’ αἴνεε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:249" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.249/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.249 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. τ’ ἔκλυον αὐτοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:218" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.218/canonical-url/"> 1.218 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ δὲ μάλ’ ἡνιόχευεν</span> drove <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">carefully</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:319" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.319/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 6.319 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ .. . προπέμπει</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in earnest</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:915" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:915/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 915 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:368" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:368/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 368 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">καὶ μ. δοκοῦντας φρονίμους εἶναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:1:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 6.1.36 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. πολιορκούμενοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:1:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 7.1.25 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> strengthening an assertion, <span class="foreign greek">νῦν σε μ. χρὴ αἰχμητὴν ἔμεναι</span>, i.e. now <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">or never</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:492" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.492/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.492 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τῷ κε μάλ’ ἤ κεν μεῖνε</span> .. then <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">doubtless</span> he would have stayed, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:733" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.733/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.733 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σοὶ δὲ μάλ’ ἕψομ’ ἐγώ</span> yes <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">indeed</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:108" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.108/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 10.108 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀλλὰ μάλ’ ὤφελλες</span> why <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plainly</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:472" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.472/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.472 </a>: freq. with another word, as <span class="foreign greek">ἦ μ. δή</span> .. now <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in very</span> truth, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:422" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.422/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.422 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἦ δή που μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:583" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.583/canonical-url/"> 21.583 </a> ; freq. <span class="foreign greek">ἦ μ.</span> (without <span class="foreign greek">δή</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.204/canonical-url/"> 3.204 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> sts. after <span class="foreign greek">εἰ</span>, as <span class="foreign greek">εἰ μ. μιν χόλος ἵκοι</span> if wrath come on him <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ever so much</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:399" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.399/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.399 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:485" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.485/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.485 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">καὶ εἰ μ. τις πολεμίζοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:318" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.318/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.318 </a> ; also <span class="foreign greek">μ. περ</span> c. part., <span class="foreign greek">μ. περ μεμαώς</span> though desiring <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">never so much</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:317" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.317/canonical-url/"> 13.317 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.58/canonical-url/"> 14.58 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:710" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.710/canonical-url/"> 17.710 </a>, al.; <span class="quote greek">καὶ μ. περ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:217" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.217/canonical-url/"> 1.217 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:571" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.571/canonical-url/"> 17.571 </a>; <span class="quote greek">καὶ εὐρέα περ μάλ’ ἐόντα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:385" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.385/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.385 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> in Att. freq. in answers, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">yes, certainly</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. γε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:555d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:555d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 555d </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:564e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:564e/canonical-url/"> 564e </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">μ. τοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 1.2.46 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">καὶ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:258c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:258c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 258c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">καὶ μ. γε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:148c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:148c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 148c </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">καὶ μ. δή</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:177a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:177a/canonical-url/"> 177a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">καὶ μ. ἐπαύσατο</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">certainly</span> it stopped, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:189a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:189a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 189a </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Comp. <span class="orth greek">μᾶλλον</span> [<span class="pron greek">ᾱ</span> by nature, Hdn.Gr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:2:932" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:2.932/canonical-url/"> 2.932 </a>], Ion. <span class="orth greek">μάλιον</span> <span class="pron greek">[ᾰ]</span> only in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0266.tlg001:12:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0266.tlg001:12.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Tyrt.</span> 12.6 </a>, cf. Choerob.in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.Ox.</span> 2.240 </span>; late Dor. <span class="orth greek">μαλλότερον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pempel.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stob.</span> 4.25.52 </span>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more, rather</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:231" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.231/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.231 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:351" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.351/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.351 </a>, al.: mostly folld. by <span class="foreign greek">ἤ</span>, but in Prose also by a gen., <span class="foreign greek">μ. τοῦ ξυμφέροντος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more than</span> is expedient, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 5.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. τοῦ δέοντος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:487b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:487b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 487b </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:3:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:3:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 4.3.8 </a> (sts. expressed by <span class="foreign greek">μᾶλλον</span> alone, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:63d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:63d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 63d </a>); <span class="quote greek">οὐπώποτ’ ἔργου μ. εἱλόμην λόγους</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 394 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">παντὸς μ.</span> most assuredly, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:715d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:715d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 715d </a> (v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:8/canonical-url/"> 8 </a>); in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:36d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:36d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 36d </a>, <span class="foreign greek">οὐκ ἔσθ’ ὅτι μ. πρέπει οὕτως, ὡς .. , ὡς</span> is prob. = <span class="ref greek">ἤ</span> (v. <span class="foreign greek">ὡς</span>): denoting a constant increase, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more and more</span>, sts. doubled, <span class="quote greek">μ. μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1406" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1406/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 1406 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1001" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1001/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 1001 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 29 </a>: in positive sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">exceedingly</span>, <span class="quote greek">κηρόθι μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:300" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.300/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.300 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:15:370" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.370/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 15.370 </a>, al.:—Usage: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> freq. strengthened by other words, <span class="quote greek">πολὺ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:700" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.700/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.700 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἔτι μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.97/canonical-url/"> 14.97 </a> , al.; <span class="quote greek">μ. ἔτ’ ἢ τὸ πάροιθεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:322" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.322/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.322 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">καὶ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:470" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.470/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.470 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">καὶ μ. ἔτι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.22 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔτι καὶ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:57" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10.57/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 10.57 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔτι καὶ πολὺ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:386" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.386/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.386 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:429" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:429/canonical-url/"> 429 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:428" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:428/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 428 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.104 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔτι ἐπὶ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.94 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πολλῷ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:80e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:80e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 80e </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:12:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:12.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Cor.</span> 12.22 </a>: also modified, <span class="foreign greek">μᾶλλόν τι</span> somewhat <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. τι περιημέκτεε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:114" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.114/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.114 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:50/canonical-url/"> 50 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">μ. ἤδη προσδεχομένου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.71 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> sts. with a second Comp., <span class="quote greek">ῥηΐτεροι μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:243" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.243/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.243 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.32 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:673" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:673/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 673 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:279" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:279/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 279 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1210" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1210/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1210 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:222" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:222/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 222 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:79e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:79e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 79e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg004.perseus-grc1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg004.perseus-grc1:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 4.14 </a> (s.v.l.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:116b:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:116b.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 116b24 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μᾶλλον δέ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">much more</span> .. , or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rather</span> .. , to correct a statement already made, <span class="quote greek">ὁ δεσπότης πέπραγεν εὐτυχέστατα, μ. δ’ ὁ Πλοῦτος αὐτός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:634" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:634/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 634 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πολλοί, μ. δὲ πάντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:65/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.65 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:173e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:173e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 173e </a>; so <span class="quote greek">ἢ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0654.tlg002:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0654.tlg002:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Corn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">ND</span> 20 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg004:25:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg004:25.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">in Ph.</span> 25.16 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οὐχὶ μ. ἤ</span> .. not so, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">but rather</span> so .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.87 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μ. δὲ καὶ ἡσυχαίτερα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more</span> or less <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">violent</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 3.82 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">οὐδὲν μ.</span> none <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the more</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:79/canonical-url/"> 79 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐδέν τι μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:87d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:87d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 87d </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μηδέν τι μ. ἤ</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:280" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:280/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 280 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἤ</span> .. folld. by <span class="foreign greek">οὐ</span> in comparisons, where preference implies rejection or denial, <span class="quote greek">πόλιν ὅλην διαφθεῖραι μᾶλλον ἤ οὐ τοὺς αἰτίους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.36 </a> : preceded by another neg., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.118/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.118 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.94/canonical-url/"> 5.94 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.16/canonical-url/"> 7.16 </a>. <span class="foreign greek">γ/</span>, etc.: by an interrog. which conveys a neg. force, <span class="foreign greek">τίδεῖ .. μᾶλλον, ἤ οὐ</span> .. ; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:3:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:3:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 6.3.15 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">τὸ μ. καὶ ἧττον</span>, a form of argument, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a fortiori</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1397b:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1397b.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1397b12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>8).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">παντὸς μ.</span>, v. <span class="ref greek">πᾶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:111:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:111.4/canonical-url/"> 111.4 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Sup. <span class="orth greek">μάλιστα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">most of all, above all</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">πᾶσι, μάλιστα δ’ ἐμοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:353" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.353/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 21.353 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. μὲν .. , ἔπειτα</span> or <span class="foreign greek">ἔπειτα δέ</span> .. , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">first and above all</span> .. , next .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:647" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:647/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 647 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1285" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1285/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1285 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. μὲν .. , δεύτερον δὲ</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0017.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Is.</span> 2.20 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. μὲν .. , εἰ δὲ μὴ</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.22 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.40 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:590d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:590d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 590d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 20.25 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τοῦτο δ’ ἐστὶ μ. μὲν θάνατος, εἰ δὲ μή, πάντα τὰ ὄντα ἀφελέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:152/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 21.152 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μάλιστα μὲν .. , μᾶλλον μέντοι</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:180b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:180b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 180b </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μάλιστα .. , εἰ μὴ δ’</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:617" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:617/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 617 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">δοκέων μιν μ. ταύτης ἂν πείθεσθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">certainly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.53 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τί μ.</span>; what <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">precisely</span>? <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:448d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:448d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 448d </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024:80b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg024:80b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Men.</span> 80b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:218c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:218c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 218c </a>: c. gen. partit., <span class="quote greek">μ. πάντων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.37 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:327a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:327a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 327a </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.86 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ μ. πάντων</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">supreme</span> reality, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:5:5:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:5:5:11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plot.</span> 5.5.11 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ μ. εἶναι</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">highest degree</span> of being, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:2:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2000.tlg001:6:2:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 6.2.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> strengthd., <span class="foreign greek">ὡς μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">certainly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:294" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:294/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 294 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:460a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:460a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 460a </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ὅσον μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:524" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:524/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 524 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὅσα ἐδύνατο μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.185/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.185 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὡς δύναμαι μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:367b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:367b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 367b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὡς οἷόν τε μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:510b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:510b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 510b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰς ὅσον ἀνθρώπῳ δυνατὸν μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:277a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:277a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 277a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὅτι μ. δύνασαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:239b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:239b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 239b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μακρῷ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.171 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πολλῷ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:42:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:42:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 1.42.3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">παντὸς μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:3:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001:3.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> 3.35 </a> , etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> with the Art., <span class="foreign greek">ἐς τὰ μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the highest degree</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.76/canonical-url/"> 2.76 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.104 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.6/canonical-url/"> 8.6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:212" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:212/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.212 </a>: without <span class="quote greek">ἐς, φίλοι τὰ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:147" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.147/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.147 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.92 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.62 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τά γε μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:794d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:794d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 794d </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εἰ τὰ μ. ἦσαν ἀληθεῖς</span> if they were <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ever so</span> true, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:95" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:95/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.95 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εἰ τὰ μ. μὴ τινές, ἀλλὰ πάντες</span> .. if (<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to put an extreme case</span>) not some, but all .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 20.2 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εἰ .. δοκοίη τὰ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 18.21 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἀνὴρ δόκιμος ὁμοῖα τῷ μ.</span> as famous as he that is <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">most</span> [famous], <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.118/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.118 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.8/canonical-url/"> 3.8 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τοῖς μάλισθ’ ὁμοίως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg063.perseus-grc1:2:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg063.perseus-grc1:2.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 2.24 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἐν τοῖς μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">especially, as much as any</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:90" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.90/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.90 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:173b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:173b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 173b </a>, etc.: with a Sup., <span class="quote greek">ἐν τοῖς μ. ὠμότατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg002:14:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0545.tlg002:14.40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VH</span> 14.40 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φιλτάτη καὶ ἀναγκαιοτάτη ἐν τοῖς μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4029.tlg002:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4029.tlg002:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Procop.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Arc.</span> 4 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> added to a Sup. (v. <span class="quote greek">μάλα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4029.tlg002:11:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4029.tlg002:11.2/canonical-url/"> 11.2 </a> , <span class="foreign greek">πλεῖστον</span>)<span class="foreign greek">, ἔχθιστος μ., μ. φίλτατος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:220" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.220/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.220 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:334" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.334/canonical-url/"> 24.334 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. κῃ ἐμφερέστατα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.76 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. φίλτατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1421" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1421/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 1421 </a> : to a Comp.(?), <span class="quote greek">μ. δὴ ὀκνηρότεροι ἐγένοντο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.55 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μάλιστα</span> for <span class="quote greek">μᾶλλον, μ. τῆς κόρης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:[" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:%5B/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> [1594] </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. ἤ ἐμοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 3.91 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> with numerals, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in round numbers, about</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 3.29 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:92/canonical-url/"> 92 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:2:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:2:31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 5.2.31 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">πεντήκοντα μάλιστα</span> is <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:49/canonical-url/"> 49 </a> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.118/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.118 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἑκατοστὸς μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:99t" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:99t/canonical-url/"> 99t </a> h, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 8.68 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐς μέσον μάλιστά κῃ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">about</span> the middle, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:191" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.191/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.191 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:76/canonical-url/"> 76 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἥμισυ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:93" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.93/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.93 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. σφᾶς μεσοῦν δειπνοῦντας</span> that they were <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">about</span> the middle of supper, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:175c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:175c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 175c </a>; <span class="quote greek">κου μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.22 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. πως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:41:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:41:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 2.41.13 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> in answers, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">most certainly</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:827" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:827/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 827 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">μ. γε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:994" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:994/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 994 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:253" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:253/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 253 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. πάντων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1531" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1531/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1531 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πάντων μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:453d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:453d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 453d </a> ; v. supr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:1.4/canonical-url/"> 1.4 </a>. (Orig. perh. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fiercely</span>, cf. <span class="foreign greek">μαλερός</span>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}