μεγᾰ-κήτης,
ες, (cf.
κητώεις)
A). yawning, with mighty hollows,
μεγακήτεα πόντον Od. 3.158 ;
with mighty maw,
δελφίς Il. 21.22 ;
capacious,
νηῦς 8.222 ,
11.5 ,
600 . (Also expld. as derived from
κῆτος, μ. πόντος teeming with monsters,
μ. νηῦς with a monster as figurehead.)