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μέγας
μέγᾰς, μεγάλη , gen. μεγάλου,, dat. μεγάλῳ, ῃ, ῳ, acc. μέγᾰν, μεγάλην, μέγᾰ; dual μεγάλω,; pl. μεγάλοι, μεγάλαι, μεγάλα, etc.: the stem μεγάλο- is never used in sg. nom. and acc. masc. and neut., and only once in voc. masc.,
A). ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ A. Th. 822 (anap.).
I). big, of bodily size: freq. of stature, εἶδος.. μ. ἦν ὁράασθαι Od. 18.4 ; κεῖτο μ. μεγαλωστί Il. 16.776 ; ἠΰς τε μ. τε Od. 9 . 508 ; φῶτα μέγαν καὶ καλόν ib. 513 ; καλή τε μεγάλη τε 15.418 ; κάρτα μεγάλη καὶ εὐειδής Hdt. 3.1 ; φύσιν τίν’ εἶχε φράζε; Answ. μέγας S. OT 742 .
b). full-grown, of age as shown by stature, νῦν δ’ ὅτε δὴ μ. εἰμί Od. 2.314 ; μήτε μέγαν μήτ’ οὖν νεαρῶν τινα A. Ag. 358 (anap.); later, elder of two persons of the same name, Wilcken Chr. 305 (iii B. C.); Σκιπίων ὁ μ. Plb. 18.35.9 .
c). of animals, μ. ἵπποι, βοῦς, σῦς, Il. 2.839 , 18.559 , Od. 19.439 ; αἰετός Pi. I. 6(5).50 .
2). generally, vast, high, οὐρανός, ὄρος, πύργος, Il. 1.497 , 16.297 , 6.386 ; wide, πέλαγος, λαῖτμα θαλάσσης, Od. 3.179 , 5.174 ; long, ἠϊών, αἰγιαλός, Il. 12.31 , 2.210 : sts. opp. ὀλίγος, κῦμα οὔτε μέγ’ οὔτ’ ὀ. Od. 10.94 ; but usu. opp. μικρός or σμικρός, πρὸς ἑαυτὸ ἕκαστον καὶ μ. καὶ σμικρόν Anaxag. 3 ; τὸ ἄπειρον ἐκ μεγάλου καὶ μικροῦ Arist. Metaph. 987b26 , etc.
II). of quality or degree, great, mighty, freq. epith. of gods, ὁ μ. Ζεύς A. Supp. 1052 (lyr.), etc.; μεγάλα θεά, of Demeter and Persephone, S. OC 683 (lyr.); θεοὶ μεγάλοι, of the Cabiri, IG 12(8).71 (Imbros), etc.; Μήτηρ μ., of Cybele, SIG 1014.83 (Erythrae, iii B. C.), 1138.3 (Delos, ii B. C.); Μήτηρ θεῶν μ. OGI 540.6 (Pessinus), etc.; Ἴσιδος μ. μητρὸς θεῶν PStrassb. 81.14 (ii B.C.); μ. ἡ Ἄρτεμις Ἐφεσίων Act.Ap. 19.28 ; τίς θεὸς μ. ὡς ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν; LXX Ps. 76(77).13 ; ὁ μ. θεός Ep.Tit. 2.13 ; of men, μ. ἠδὲ κραταιός Od. 18.382 ; ὀλίγος καὶ μ. Callin. 1.17 , etc.; μέγας ηὐξήθη rose to greatness, D. 2.5 ; ἤρθη μ. ib. 8 ; βασιλεὺς ὁ μ., i. e. the King of Persia, Hdt. 1.188 , etc.(θεῶν β. ὁ μ., of Zeus, Pi. O. 7.34 ); βασιλεὺς μ. A. Pers. 24 (anap.); as a title of special monarchs, Ἀρδιαῖος ὁ μ. Pl. R. 615c ; ὁ μ. Ἀλέξανδρος Ath. 1.3d ; ὁ μ. ἐπικληθεὶς Ἀντίοχος Plb. 4.2.7 , etc.; μ. φίλος E. Med. 549 ; πλούτῳ τε κἀνδρείᾳ μ. Id. Tr. 674 ; ἐπὶ μέγα ἦλθεν ἰσχύος Th. 2.97 .
2). strong, of the elements, etc., ἄνεμος, λαῖλαψ, Ζέφυρος, Od. 19.200 , 12.408 , 14.458 ; of properties, passions, qualities, feelings, etc., of men, θάρσος, πένθος, ποθή, etc., 9.381 , Il. 1.254 , 11.471 , etc.; ἀρετή Od. 24.193 , Pi. O. 8.5 ; θυμός Il. 9.496 , E. Or. 702 ; κλέος Il. 6.446 ; ἄχος 9.9 ; πυρετός Ev.Luc. 4.38 (incorrect acc. to Gal. 7.275 ); ἡ μ. νοῦσος epilepsy, Hp. Epid. 6.6.5 , cf. Gal. 17(2).341 .
3). of sounds, great, loud, ἀλαλητός, ἰαχή, πάταγος, ὀρυμαγδός, Il. 12.138 , 15.384 , 21.9 , 256 ; θόρυβοι, κωκυτός, S. Aj. 142 (anap.), E. Med. 1176 ; οὐκ ἔστι ὅκως τι νεῖκος ἔσται ἢ μέγα ἢ σμικρόν Hdt. 3.62 ; μὴ φώνει μέγα S. Ph. 574 .
4). generally, great, mighty, ὅρκος Il. 19.113 ; ὄλβος, τιμά, Pi. O. 1.56 , P. 4.148 ; μ. λόγος, μῦθος, a great story, rumour, A. Pr. 732 , S. Aj. 226 (lyr.); ἐρώτημα a big, i. e. difficult, question, Pl. Euthd. 275d , Hp.Ma. 287b ; weighty, important, τόδε μεῖζον Od. 16.291 ; μέγα ποιέεσθαί τι to esteem of great importance, Hdt. 3.42 , cf. 9.111 ; μέγα γενέσθαι εἴς τι X. HG 7.5.6 ; μ. ὑπάρχειν πρός τι Id. Mem. 2.3.4 ; μέγα διαφέρειν εἴς τι Pl. Lg. 78o c; οὐκ ἂν εἴη παρὰ μέγα τὸ δικολογεῖν not of great importance, Phld. Rh. 2.85 S.; τὸ δὲ μέγιστον and what is most important, Th. 4.70 , cf. 1.142 ; οἱ μέγιστοι καιροί the most pressing emergencies, D. 20.44 ; μ. ὠνησάμενοι χρημάτων for large sums, Plb. 4.50.3 , etc.
5). with a bad sense, over-great, μέγα εἰπεῖν to speak big, and so provoke divine wrath, Od. 22.288 ; λίην μέγα εἶπες 3.227 , 16.243 ; μέγα ἔργον 3.261 , Pi. N. 10.64 ; ἔργων μ. A. Ag. 1546 (anap.); ὠμὸν τὸ βούλευμα καὶ μ. Th. 3.36 ; ἔπος μ., μ. λόγοι, S. Aj. 423 (lyr.), Ant. 1350 (anap.); μ. γλῶσσα ib. 127 (anap.); μηδὲν μέγ’ εἴπῃς Id. Aj. 386 ; μὴ μέγα λέγε Pl. Phd. 95b ; μὴ μεγάλα λίαν λέγε Ar. Ra. 835 ; μέγα φρονεῖν S. OT 1078 , E. Hipp. 6 ; μεγάλα φρονεῖν Ar. Ach. 988 ; μεγάλα, μεῖζον ἢ δικαίως πνεῖν, E. Andr. 189 , A. Ag. 376 (lyr.); μέγα τι παθεῖν X. An. 5.8.17 ; μὴ μέγα λέγων μεῖζον πάθῃς E. HF 1244 .
6). of style. impressive, Demetr. Eloc. 278 ; μεῖζον more striking, ib. 103 .
7). of days, long, Gal. 12.714 .
B). Adv. μεγάλως [ᾰ] greatly, mightily, Od. 16.432 , Hes. Th. 429 , Hdt. 1.16 , 30 , al., X. Cyr. 8.2.10 , Parth. 28.1 , etc.; strengthd., μάλα μ. Il. 17.723 ; δμαθέντες μ. A. Pers. 907 (lyr.); with Adjs., Hdt. 1.4 , 7.190 .
II). more freq. neut. sg. μέγα as Adv., very much, exceedingly, μ. χαῖρε all hail!, v. l. for μάλα in Od. 24.402 ; esp. with Verbs expressing strong feeling, μ. κεν κεχαροίατο Il. 1.256 ; μ. κήδεται 2.27 , etc.: with Verbs expressing power, might, μ. πάντων .. κρατέει 1.78 ; ὃς μ. πάντων.. ἤνασσε 10.32 ; πατρὸς μ. δυναμένοιο Od. 1.276 , cf. Hom. Epigr. 15.1 , A. Eu. 950 (anap.), E. Hel. 1358 (lyr.), Ar. Ra. 141 , Pl. R. 366a ; μ. δύνασθαι παρά τινι Th. 2.29 ; πλουτέειν μ. Hdt. 1.32 ; or those expressing sound, loudly, μ. ἰάχειν, ἀῧσαι, βοῆσαι, εὔξασθαι, ἀμβῶσαι, Il. 2.333 , 14.147 , 17.334 , Od. 17.239 , Hdt. 1.8 (also pl., μεγάλ’ εὔχετο Il. 1.450 ; μ. αὐδήσαντος, μ. ἤπυεν, Od. 4.505 , 9.399 ): strengthd., μάλα μ. Il. 15.321 ; μ. δ’ ἔβραχε φήγινος ἄξων 5.838 , etc.: so in Trag. with all kinds of Verbs, μ. στένειν, σθένειν, χλίειν, A. Ag. 711 (lyr.), 938 , Ch. 137 : also in pl., μεγάλα.. δυστυχεῖς Id. Eu. 791 (lyr.).
2). of Space, far, μέγα προθορών Il. 14.363 ; ἄνευθε μέγα far away, 22.88 ; οὐκ ἂν μέγα τι τῆς ἀληθείας παρεξέλθοις Pl. Phlb. 66b .
3). with Adjs., as μέγ’ ἔξοχος, μέγα νήπιος, Il. 2.480 , 16.46 ; μ. νήπιε Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.85 ; μ. πλούσιος Id. 1.32 , 7.190 ; ὦ μέγ’ εὔδαιμον κόρη A. Pr. 647 : with Comp. and Sup., by far, μέγ’ ἀμείνονες, ἄριστος, φέρτατος, Il. 4.405 , 2.82 , 16.21 .
C). degrees of Comparison (regul. μεγαλώτερος, -ώτατος late, EM 780.1 , 2 ):
1). Comp. μείζων,, gen. ονος, Ep., Att. (also Delph., SIG 246 H 260 (iv B. C.)); Ion., Arc., Dor., Aeol. μέζων,, Heraclit. 25 , Hp. Acut. 44 , Hdt. 1.26 , IG 7.235.16 (Oropus), 5(2).3.18 (Tegea), Epich. 62 (also early Att., IG 12.22.65 , but [με] ίζων ib. 6.93 , by analogy of ὀλείζων ib. 76 , 95 ); dat. pl. μεζόνεσσι Diotog. ap. Stob. 4.7.62 : written μέσδων in Sapph. Supp. 7.6 , Plu. Lyc. 19 : cf. μέττον· μεῖζον, Hsch. (dub.); later μειζότερος 3 Ep.Jo. 4 (used as title, elder, POxy. 943.3 (vi A. D.), etc.); μειζονώτερος A. Fr. 434 :—greater, longer, taller, Il. 3.168 , 9.202 , etc.; freq. also, too great, γέρας Pl. Sph. 231a ; Μηνόφιλος μείζων M. the elder, Ostr.Bodl. v C 2 (ii A. D.); as title, μειζων κώμης headman of a village, POxy. 1626.5 (iv A. D.), etc.: generally, the higher authority, PLond. 2.214.22 (iii A. D.), POxy. 1204.17 (pl., iii A. D.); οὔτε μεῖζον οὔτε ἔλαττον, a strong form of denial, nothing whatever, D.H. Comp. 4 ; οὐδαμὰ προὔφηνεν οὔτε μείζον’ οὔτ’ ἐλάττονα S. Tr. 324 . Adv. μειζόνως E. Hec. 1121 , Th. 1.130 , X. Cyn. 13.3 , Isoc. 9.21 , etc.; Ion. μεζόνως Hdt. 3.128 , Herod. 4.80 , etc.: neut. as Adv., μεῖζον σθένειν S. Ph. 456 , E. Supp. 216 ; μ. ἰσχύειν D. Ep. 3.28 ; ἐπὶ μ. ἔρχεται S. Ph. 259 .
2). Sup. μέγιστος,, Il. 2.412 , etc.: neut. as Adv., μέγιστον ἴσχυσε S. Aj. 502 ; δυνάμενος μ., c. gen., Hdt. 7.5 , 9.9 : with another Sup., μέγιστον ἐχθίστη E. Med. 1323 : in pl., χαῖρ’ ὡς μέγιστα S. Ph. 462 ; θάλλει μ. Id. OC 700 (lyr.); τὰ μέγιστ’ ἐτιμάθης Id. OT 1203 (lyr.); ἐς μέγιστον ib. 521 ; ἐς τὰ μ. Hdt. 8.111 :—late Sup. μεγιστότατος PLond. 1.130.49 (i/ii A. D.). (Cf. Skt. majmán- 'greatness', Lat. magnus, Goth. mikils 'great'.)


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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέγᾰς</span>, <span class="foreign greek">μεγάλη </span>, gen. <span class="foreign greek">μεγάλου,</span>, dat. <span class="foreign greek">μεγάλῳ, ῃ, ῳ</span>, acc. <span class="foreign greek">μέγᾰν, μεγάλην, μέγᾰ</span>; dual <span class="foreign greek">μεγάλω,</span>; pl. <span class="foreign greek">μεγάλοι, μεγάλαι, μεγάλα</span>, etc.: the stem <span class="foreign greek">μεγάλο</span>- is never used in sg. nom. and acc. masc. and neut., and only once in voc. masc., <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:822" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:822/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 822 </a> (anap.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">big</span>, of bodily size: freq. of stature, <span class="quote greek">εἶδος.. μ. ἦν ὁράασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κεῖτο μ. μεγαλωστί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:776" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.776/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 16.776 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἠΰς τε μ. τε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9 </a> . <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:508" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:508/canonical-url/"> 508 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">φῶτα μέγαν καὶ καλόν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:513" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:513/canonical-url/"> 513 </a>; <span class="quote greek">καλή τε μεγάλη τε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:15:418" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:15.418/canonical-url/"> 15.418 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κάρτα μεγάλη καὶ εὐειδής</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.1 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">φύσιν τίν’ εἶχε φράζε</span>; Answ. <span class="quote greek">μέγας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:742" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:742/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 742 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">full-grown</span>, of age as shown by stature, <span class="quote greek">νῦν δ’ ὅτε δὴ μ. εἰμί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:314" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.314/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.314 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μήτε μέγαν μήτ’ οὖν νεαρῶν τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:358" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:358/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 358 </a> (anap.); later, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">elder</span> of two persons of the same name, Wilcken <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chr.</span> 305 </span> (iii B. C.); <span class="quote greek">Σκιπίων ὁ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:35:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:35:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 18.35.9 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> of animals, <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἵπποι, βοῦς, σῦς</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:839" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.839/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.839 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:559" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.559/canonical-url/"> 18.559 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:439" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.439/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.439 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἰετός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:6(5).50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:6(5).50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 6(5).50 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vast, high</span>, <span class="foreign greek">οὐρανός, ὄρος, πύργος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:497" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.497/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.497 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:297" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.297/canonical-url/"> 16.297 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:386" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.386/canonical-url/"> 6.386 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wide</span>, <span class="foreign greek">πέλαγος, λαῖτμα θαλάσσης</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:179" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.179/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 3.179 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:174" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.174/canonical-url/"> 5.174 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">long</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἠϊών, αἰγιαλός</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.31 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:210" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.210/canonical-url/"> 2.210 </a>: sts. opp. <span class="quote greek">ὀλίγος, κῦμα οὔτε μέγ’ οὔτ’ ὀ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.94 </a> ; but usu. opp. <span class="foreign greek">μικρός</span> or <span class="quote greek">σμικρός, πρὸς ἑαυτὸ ἕκαστον καὶ μ. καὶ σμικρόν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anaxag.</span> 3 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">τὸ ἄπειρον ἐκ μεγάλου καὶ μικροῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:987b:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:987b.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 987b26 </a> , etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of quality or degree, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">great, mighty</span>, freq. epith. of gods, <span class="quote greek">ὁ μ. Ζεύς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1052" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1052/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 1052 </a> (lyr.), etc.; <span class="foreign greek">μεγάλα θεά</span>, of Demeter and Persephone, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:683" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:683/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 683 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">θεοὶ μεγάλοι</span>, of the Cabiri, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(8).71 </span> (Imbros), etc.; <span class="foreign greek">Μήτηρ μ.</span>, of Cybele, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1014.83 </span> (Erythrae, iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"> 1138.3 </span> (Delos, ii B. C.); <span class="quote greek">Μήτηρ θεῶν μ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 540.6 </span> (Pessinus), etc.; <span class="quote greek">Ἴσιδος μ. μητρὸς θεῶν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PStrassb.</span> 81.14 </span> (ii B.C.); <span class="quote greek">μ. ἡ Ἄρτεμις Ἐφεσίων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:19:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg005.perseus-grc1:19.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Act.Ap.</span> 19.28 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τίς θεὸς μ. ὡς ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:76(77).13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg027:76(77).13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ps.</span> 76(77).13 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ μ. θεός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg017.perseus-grc1:2:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg017.perseus-grc1:2.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Tit.</span> 2.13 </a> ; of men, <span class="quote greek">μ. ἠδὲ κραταιός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:382" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.382/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 18.382 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὀλίγος καὶ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0243.tlg001:1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0243.tlg001:1.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Callin.</span> 1.17 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">μέγας ηὐξήθη</span> rose <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to greatness</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 2.5 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἤρθη μ.</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 8 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">βασιλεὺς ὁ μ.</span>, i. e. the King of Persia, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:188" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.188/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.188 </a>, etc.(<span class="foreign greek">θεῶν β. ὁ μ.</span>, of Zeus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 7.34 </a>); <span class="quote greek">βασιλεὺς μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 24 </a> (anap.); as a title of special monarchs, <span class="quote greek">Ἀρδιαῖος ὁ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:615c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:615c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 615c </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ μ. Ἀλέξανδρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:3d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.3d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 1.3d </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ μ. ἐπικληθεὶς Ἀντίοχος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:2:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:2:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 4.2.7 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">μ. φίλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:549" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:549/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 549 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πλούτῳ τε κἀνδρείᾳ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:674" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:674/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 674 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ μέγα ἦλθεν ἰσχύος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:97" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.97/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.97 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">strong</span>, of the elements, etc., <span class="foreign greek">ἄνεμος, λαῖλαψ, Ζέφυρος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:200" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.200/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.200 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:408" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.408/canonical-url/"> 12.408 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:458" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.458/canonical-url/"> 14.458 </a>; of properties, passions, qualities, feelings, etc., of men, <span class="foreign greek">θάρσος, πένθος, ποθή</span>, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:381" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.381/canonical-url/"> 9.381 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:254" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.254/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.254 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:471" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.471/canonical-url/"> 11.471 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἀρετή</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24:193" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:24.193/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 24.193 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 8.5 </a>; <span class="quote greek">θυμός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:496" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.496/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.496 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:702" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:702/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 702 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κλέος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:446" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.446/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 6.446 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄχος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.9/canonical-url/"> 9.9 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πυρετός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc1:4.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Luc.</span> 4.38 </a> (incorrect acc. to <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 7.275 </span>); <span class="foreign greek">ἡ μ. νοῦσος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">epilepsy</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:6:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg006.perseus-grc1:6:6:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epid.</span> 6.6.5 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 17(2).341 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of sounds, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">great, loud</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἀλαλητός, ἰαχή, πάταγος, ὀρυμαγδός</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:138" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.138/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.138 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:384" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.384/canonical-url/"> 15.384 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.9/canonical-url/"> 21.9 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:256" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:256/canonical-url/"> 256 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">θόρυβοι, κωκυτός</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:142" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:142/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 142 </a> (anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1176/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 1176 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἔστι ὅκως τι νεῖκος ἔσται ἢ μέγα ἢ σμικρόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.62 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μὴ φώνει μέγα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:574" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:574/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 574 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">great, mighty</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὅρκος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:113" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.113/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 19.113 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὄλβος, τιμά</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:56" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.56/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.56 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:148" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.148/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.148 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. λόγος, μῦθος</span>, a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">great</span> story, rumour, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:732" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:732/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 732 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:226" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:226/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 226 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">ἐρώτημα</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">big</span>, i. e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">difficult</span>, question, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:275d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:275d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 275d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg025:287b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg025:287b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hp.Ma.</span> 287b </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">weighty, important</span>, <span class="quote greek">τόδε μεῖζον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:291" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.291/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 16.291 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μέγα ποιέεσθαί τι</span> to esteem <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of great importance</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.42 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.111/canonical-url/"> 9.111 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μέγα γενέσθαι εἴς τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:5:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:5:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 7.5.6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. ὑπάρχειν πρός τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:3:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.3.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέγα διαφέρειν εἴς τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:78o" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:78o/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 78o </a> c; <span class="foreign greek">οὐκ ἂν εἴη παρὰ μέγα τὸ δικολογεῖν</span> not of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">great importance</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 2.85 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span></span>; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ δὲ μέγιστον</span> and what is <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">most important</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.70 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:142" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.142/canonical-url/"> 1.142 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ μέγιστοι καιροί</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">most pressing</span> emergencies, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg020.perseus-grc1:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 20.44 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ὠνησάμενοι χρημάτων</span> for <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">large</span> sums, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:50:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:50:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 4.50.3 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> with a bad sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">over-great</span>, <span class="foreign greek">μέγα εἰπεῖν</span> to speak <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">big</span>, and so provoke divine wrath, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:288" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.288/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 22.288 </a>; <span class="quote greek">λίην μέγα εἶπες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:227" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.227/canonical-url/"> 3.227 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:243" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.243/canonical-url/"> 16.243 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μέγα ἔργον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:261" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:3.261/canonical-url/"> 3.261 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:10.64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 10.64 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἔργων μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1546" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1546/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1546 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">ὠμὸν τὸ βούλευμα καὶ μ.</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> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἔπος μ., μ. λόγοι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:423" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:423/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 423 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1350" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1350/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 1350 </a> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">μ. γλῶσσα</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:127/canonical-url/"> 127 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">μηδὲν μέγ’ εἴπῃς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:386" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:386/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 386 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μὴ μέγα λέγε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:95b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:95b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 95b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μὴ μεγάλα λίαν λέγε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:835" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:835/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 835 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέγα φρονεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1078" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1078/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1078 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 6 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μεγάλα φρονεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:988" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:988/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 988 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μεγάλα, μεῖζον ἢ δικαίως πνεῖν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:189" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:189/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 189 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:376" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:376/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 376 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">μέγα τι παθεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:8:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:5:8:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 5.8.17 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μὴ μέγα λέγων μεῖζον πάθῃς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1244" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1244/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 1244 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> of style. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">impressive</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:278" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:278/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Demetr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eloc.</span> 278 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μεῖζον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">more striking</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:103/canonical-url/"> 103 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> of days, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">long</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 12.714 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>B).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="foreign greek">μεγάλως [ᾰ</span>] <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">greatly, mightily</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:16:432" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:16.432/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 16.432 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:429" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:429/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 429 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.16 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:30/canonical-url/"> 30 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:2:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:2:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 8.2.10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0655.tlg001.perseus-grc1:28:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0655.tlg001.perseus-grc1:28.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Parth.</span> 28.1 </a>, etc.; strengthd., <span class="quote greek">μάλα μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:723" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.723/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.723 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">δμαθέντες μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:907" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:907/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 907 </a> (lyr.); with Adjs., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:190" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.190/canonical-url/"> 7.190 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> more freq. neut. sg. <span class="foreign greek">μέγα</span> as Adv., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">very much, exceedingly</span>, <span class="foreign greek">μ. χαῖρε</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">all</span> hail!, v. l. for <span class="foreign greek">μάλα</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24:402" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:24.402/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 24.402 </a>; esp. with Verbs expressing strong feeling, <span class="quote greek">μ. κεν κεχαροίατο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:256" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.256/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.256 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. κήδεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.27/canonical-url/"> 2.27 </a> , etc.: with Verbs expressing power, might, <span class="quote greek">μ. πάντων .. κρατέει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.78/canonical-url/"> 1.78 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὃς μ. πάντων.. ἤνασσε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:10.32/canonical-url/"> 10.32 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πατρὸς μ. δυναμένοιο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:276" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.276/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.276 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg003:15:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg003:15.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.</span> 15.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:950" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:950/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 950 </a> (anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1358" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1358/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 1358 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:141" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:141/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 141 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:366a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:366a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 366a </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. δύνασθαι παρά τινι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.29 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πλουτέειν μ.</span> <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> ; or those expressing sound, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">loudly</span>, <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἰάχειν, ἀῧσαι, βοῆσαι, εὔξασθαι, ἀμβῶσαι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:333" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.333/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.333 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:147" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.147/canonical-url/"> 14.147 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:334" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.334/canonical-url/"> 17.334 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:239" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.239/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 17.239 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.8 </a> (also pl., <span class="quote greek">μεγάλ’ εὔχετο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:450" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.450/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.450 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. αὐδήσαντος, μ. ἤπυεν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:505" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.505/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.505 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:399" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.399/canonical-url/"> 9.399 </a>): strengthd., <span class="quote greek">μάλα μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:321" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:15.321/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 15.321 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. δ’ ἔβραχε φήγινος ἄξων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:838" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.838/canonical-url/"> 5.838 </a> , etc.: so in Trag. with all kinds of Verbs, <span class="foreign greek">μ. στένειν, σθένειν, χλίειν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:711" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:711/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 711 </a> (lyr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:938" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:938/canonical-url/"> 938 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:137/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 137 </a>: also in pl., <span class="quote greek">μεγάλα.. δυστυχεῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:791" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:791/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 791 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of Space, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">far</span>, <span class="quote greek">μέγα προθορών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:363" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.363/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.363 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἄνευθε μέγα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">far</span> away, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.88/canonical-url/"> 22.88 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐκ ἂν μέγα τι τῆς ἀληθείας παρεξέλθοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:66b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:66b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 66b </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> with Adjs., as <span class="foreign greek">μέγ’ ἔξοχος, μέγα νήπιος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:480" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.480/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.480 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.46/canonical-url/"> 16.46 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. νήπιε</span> Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.85 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. πλούσιος</span> <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;">Id.</span> 1.32 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:190" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.190/canonical-url/"> 7.190 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὦ μέγ’ εὔδαιμον κόρη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:647" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:647/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 647 </a> : with Comp. and Sup., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by far</span>, <span class="foreign greek">μέγ’ ἀμείνονες, ἄριστος, φέρτατος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:405" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.405/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 4.405 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.82/canonical-url/"> 2.82 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.21/canonical-url/"> 16.21 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>C).</strong></span> degrees of Comparison (regul. <span class="foreign greek">μεγαλώτερος, -ώτατος</span> late, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:780:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:780.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 780.1 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:2/canonical-url/"> 2 </a>): </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> Comp. <span class="foreign greek">μείζων,</span>, gen. <span class="itype greek">ονος</span>, Ep., Att. (also Delph., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 246 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">H</span> 260 </span> (iv B. C.)); Ion., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arc.</span></span>, Dor., Aeol. <span class="foreign greek">μέζων,</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1415.tlg001:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heraclit.</span> 25 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg004.perseus-grc1:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg004.perseus-grc1:44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Acut.</span> 44 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.26 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 7.235.16 </span> (Oropus), <span class="bibl"> 5(2).3.18 </span> (Tegea), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 62 </a> (also early Att., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.22.65 </span>, but [<span class="foreign greek">με] ίζων</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 6.93 </span>, by analogy of <span class="foreign greek">ὀλείζων</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 76 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 95 </span>); dat. pl. <span class="quote greek">μεζόνεσσι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diotog.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stob.</span> 4.7.62 </span>: written <span class="foreign greek">μέσδων</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:7:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:7.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 7.6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg004:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg004:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lyc.</span> 19 </a>: cf. <span class="orth greek">μέττον·</span> <span class="foreign greek">μεῖζον</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> (dub.); later <span class="quote greek">μειζότερος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">3 Ep.Jo.</span> 4 </span> (used as title, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">elder,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">POxy.</span> 943.3 </span> (vi A. D.), etc.); <span class="quote greek">μειζονώτερος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:434" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:434/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 434 </a> :—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">greater, longer, taller</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:168" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.168/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.168 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:202" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.202/canonical-url/"> 9.202 </a>, etc.; freq. also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">too great</span>, <span class="quote greek">γέρας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:231a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:231a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 231a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Μηνόφιλος μείζων</span> M. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the elder,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ostr.Bodl.</span> </span>v<span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">C</span> 2 </span> (ii A. D.); as title, <span class="itype greek">μειζων</span> <span class="foreign greek">κώμης</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">headman</span> of a village, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 1626.5 </span> (iv A. D.), etc.: generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the higher authority,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PLond.</span> 2.214.22 </span> (iii A. D.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 1204.17 </span> (pl., iii A. D.); <span class="foreign greek">οὔτε μεῖζον οὔτε ἔλαττον</span>, a strong form of denial, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">nothing whatever</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 4 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐδαμὰ προὔφηνεν οὔτε μείζον’ οὔτ’ ἐλάττονα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:324" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:324/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 324 </a> . Adv. <span class="quote greek">μειζόνως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1121/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 1121 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:130" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.130/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.130 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:13:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg014.perseus-grc1:13.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyn.</span> 13.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg015.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg015.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 9.21 </a>, etc.; Ion. <span class="quote greek">μεζόνως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:128" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.128/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.128 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 4.80 </a>, etc.: neut. as Adv., <span class="quote greek">μεῖζον σθένειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:456" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:456/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 456 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:216" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:216/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 216 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. ἰσχύειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg063.perseus-grc1:3:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg063.perseus-grc1:3.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 3.28 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ μ. ἔρχεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:259" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:259/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 259 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> Sup. <span class="foreign greek">μέγιστος,</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:412" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.412/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 2.412 </a>, etc.: neut. as Adv., <span class="quote greek">μέγιστον ἴσχυσε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:502" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:502/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 502 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δυνάμενος μ.</span>, c. gen., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.9/canonical-url/"> 9.9 </a>: with another Sup., <span class="quote greek">μέγιστον ἐχθίστη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1323" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1323/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 1323 </a> : in pl., <span class="quote greek">χαῖρ’ ὡς μέγιστα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:462" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:462/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 462 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">θάλλει μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:700" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:700/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 700 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">τὰ μέγιστ’ ἐτιμάθης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1203" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1203/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1203 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">ἐς μέγιστον</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:521" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:521/canonical-url/"> 521 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐς τὰ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.111 </a> :—late Sup. <span class="quote greek">μεγιστότατος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PLond.</span> 1.130.49 </span> (i/ii A. D.). (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">majmán</span>- \'greatness\', Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">magnus</span>, Goth. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mikils</span> \'great\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}