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Κνωσός

Κνωσός (εὐρεῖα, μεγάλη πόλις ). The chief town of Crete Il. 2.646; Ariadne's dancing-floor there Il. 18.591: the seat of Minos Od. 19.178.

Μίνως

Μίνως (ἀγλαός, Διὸς ὀαριστής , ὀλοόφρων). King of Crete. Son of Zeus and Europa (daughter of Phoenix-2), brother of Rhadamanthys and father of Deucalion-1, Ariadne and Phaedra Il. 13.450, 451 , Il. 14.322: Od. 11.322 ; judging among the Shades Od. 11.568; Od. 17.523; reigned in Cnosus Od. 19.178.

ἐν

ἐν Il. 1.14, 30, 83, etc.: Od. 1.4, 15, 50, etc. ἐνί Il. 1.30, 297, Il. 3.240, etc.: Od. 1.27, 103, Od. 4.272, etc. εἰνί Il. 8.199, Il. 15.150: Od. 9.417, Od. 10.310, Od. 12.256. εἰν Il. 2.783, Il. 5.160, 446, etc.: Od. 1.162, Od. 2.256, Od. 3.127, etc. [Cf. L. in, Eng. in.] I Adv. 1 In something, therein, within, there: ἐν σκόλοπας κατέπηξαν Il. 7.441, ἐν ἄνδρες ναίουσιν Il. 9.154. Cf. Il. 1.311, Il. 19.16 (in him), Il. 21.569, Il. 24.472, etc.: ἐν πίθοι ἕστασαν Od. 2.340. Cf. Od. 1.51, Od. 5.254, Od. 6.292, Od. 12.85, etc. 2 Into something, and, in pregnant use, in something, therein: ἐν ἐρέτας ἀγείρομεν Il. 1.142, ἐν δʼ ἔπεσον Il. 21.9. Cf. Il. 1.309, Il. 8.70, Il. 18.347, Il. 19.366, Il. 23.177, etc.: Od. 3.479, Od. 24.498, etc. In hostile sense: ἐν πρῶτος ὄρουσεν (upon the foe) Il. 11.91. Cf. Il. 15.624, etc. 3 On; also in pregnant use: ἐν λέπαδνʼ ἔβαλεν Il. 5.730. Cf. Il. 9.207, Il. 23.170, etc.: ἐν στρόφος ἦεν ἀορτήρ (attached to it) Od. 13.438. Cf. Od. 7.96, Od. 14.519, etc. 4 Among others, in a company or assembly: ἐν αὐτὸς ἐδύσετο χαλκόν Il. 2.578. Cf. Il. 16.551, Il. 18.535, etc.: Od. 7.291. II Prep. with dat. (ἐνί with anastrophe when immediately following the case-form). 1 In: ἐν χερσίν Il. 1.14, ἐνὶ οἴκῳ, ἐν Ἄργεϊ 30, νέεσσʼ ἔνι Il. 3.240. Cf. Il. 1.83, 358, 396, Il. 2.194, Il. 3.69, Il. 5.160, etc.: Od. 1.15, 110, 162, 186, 255, 386, etc. In reference to immaterial things: ἐνὶ φρεσίν Il. 1.333, ἐν φιλότητι Il. 2.232. Cf. Il. 2.223, Il. 3.20, Il. 5.117, Il. 8.476, Il. 17.647, etc.: Od. 4.497, Od. 6.313, Od. 10.465, Od. 11.603, Od. 15.357, etc. In (i.e. by means of) (the hands of): ὄφρʼ ἀνδρῶν ἐν παλάμῃσι κατέκταθεν Il. 5.558, etc. Cf. Od. 1.238, etc. Sim.: ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν Il. 1.587, Il. 18.135, etc.: Od. 8.459, Od. 10.385, etc.– ἐν ῥυτῆρσι τάνυσθεν (in the governance of . . .) Il. 16.475. In reference to mixing: ἐν τυρὸν οἴνῳ ἐκύκα Od. 10.234. To that in which a characteristic is displayed: γυρὸς ἐν ὤμοισιν Od. 19.246. To measure or degree: ἐν καρὸς αἴσῃ Il. 9.378. To that in reference to which one ends speech: ἐν σοὶ λήξω Il. 9.97. In the matter of, in: τοῖσίν κεν ἐν ἄλγεσιν ἰσωσαίμην Od. 7.212. Cf. Od. 13.292. With ellipse of δώματι: εἰν Ἀΐδαο Il. 22.389. Cf. Il. 6.47, etc.: Od. 7.132, Od. 10.282, Od. 11.211, etc. 2 Into, and, in pregnant use, in: ὅτε νηυσὶν ἐν ὠκυπόροισιν ἔβαινον Il. 2.351, θῆκε περγάμῳ εἰν ἱερῇ Il. 5.446. Cf. Il. 1.433, Il. 4.134, 482, Il. 5.317, 574, etc.: Od. 1.381, Od. 2.349, Od. 3.40, 341, Od. 10.290, etc. In reference to the mind: ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσιν Il. 1.297. Cf. Il. 9.459, Il. 15.566, Il. 21.547, etc.: Od. 4.729, Od. 12.217, etc. To closeness of approach or position: ἐν νύσσῃ ἐγχριμφθήτω Il. 23.338. Cf. Il. 23.344. In among: ἐν νήεσσι πεσόντες Il. 2.175. Cf. Il. 11.311, Il. 12.126, etc.: Od. 14.268, etc. In hostile sense: ἐν Τρώεσσι θόρεν (upon them) Il. 20.381. Cf. Il. 11.325, Il. 13.742, Il. 15.635, etc.: Od. 24.526. Sim. of fire Il. 11.155. 3 On, upon: ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ Il. 1.566, θεῶν ἐν γούνασιν Il. 17.514. Cf. Il. 4.2, 455, Il. 7.66, Il. 24.527, etc.: Od. 1.108, Od. 4.627, Od. 12.237, Od. 20.141, Od. 24.332, etc. 4 On to, and, in pregnant use, on: ἐν στήθεσι βάς Il. 6.65, τρίποδʼ ἵστασαν ἐν πυρί Il. 18.346. Cf. Il. 8.51, Il. 15.150, Il. 23.132, etc.: Od. 3.38, Od. 4.136, Od. 8.274, etc. 5 Among: ἐν Δαναοῖσιν Il. 1.109. Cf. Il. 1.520, Il. 2.483, Il. 3.31, 209, etc.: Od. 2.46, Od. 7.62, Od. 14.176, Od. 18.379, etc. In reference to inclusion in a number: ἐν τοῖσιν Il. 5.395. Cf. Od. 4.452, Od. 19.178, Od. 22.217. 6 In reference to time, in: ὥρῃ ἐν εἰαρινῇ Il. 2.471. Cf. Il. 11.173, Il. 18.251, etc.: Od. 12.76, Od. 17.176, Od. 18.367, etc.

μέγας

μέγας μεγάλη, μέγα. Comp. μείζων, -ονος. Neut. μεῖζον. Superl. μέγιστος, -η, -ον. 1 Of great longitudinal extent, long (as applied to weapons commonly a mere epithet) : ξίφος Il. 1.194, τάφρον Il. 7.441, Il. 9.350. Cf. Il. 3.272, Il. 4.124, Il. 15.677, Il. 22.307, etc. : ἔγχος Od. 1.100. Cf. Od. 10.262, Od. 21.74, Od. 24.172, etc. 2 Of great upward extent, high, tall, lofty : πύργον Il. 6.386. Cf. Il. 15.619, Il. 16.297, Il. 21.243 : ἐρινεός Od. 12.103. Cf. Od. 4.501, Od. 8.569, Od. 12.71, Od. 22.466, etc. Epithet of Olympus Il. 1.530, Il. 8.443. 3 Of persons, tall, of large build, goodly : ἠΰς τε μέγας τε Il. 2.653. Cf. Il. 4.534, Il. 5.628, Il. 18.518, Il. 21.108, etc. : καλόν τε μέγαν τε Od. 1.301. Cf. Od. 9.508, Od. 13.289, Od. 18.4, 382, Od. 21.334, etc. In comp. : κεφαλῇ μείζονες ἄλλοι ἔασιν Il. 3.168. Cf. Od. 6.230= Od. 23.157, Od. 10.396, Od. 24.369. Of parts of the body, well developed, stout, strong : μηρούς Od. 18.68. Cf. Il. 15.695 : Od. 17.225. Of the voice, great, full : ὄπα Il. 3.221. Of horses or oxen, stout, goodly Il. 2.839= Il. 12.97, Il. 23.750. Cf. Od. 18.372. In superl. Il. 10.436. Grown-up, come to man's estate Od. 2.314, Od. 18.217, Od. 19.532. 4 Wide, broad, spacious, extensive : τέμενος Il. 12.313. Cf. Il. 2.210, 332, Il. 4.483, Il. 5.448, Il. 7.462, Il. 13.588, Il. 18.588, Il. 21.239, Il. 24.452, etc. : ὄρχατος Od. 7.112. Cf. Od. 3.107, Od. 5.461, Od. 14.7, Od. 17.299, Od. 19.178, etc. Of flocks : οἰῶν μέγα πῶϋ Il. 3.198, Il. 11.696, Il. 15.323 : Od. 12.299. Of garments, wide, flowing : φᾶρος Il. 2.43, Il. 8.221 : Od. 5.230, Od. 8.84. Cf. Od. 14.521, Od. 18.292, etc. In superl. Il. 6.90, 271, 294 := Od. 15.107. Covering a wide space : ὀμίχλην Il. 13.336. Sim. : κεῖτο μέγας μεγαλωστί Il. 16.776. Cf. Il. 18.26 : Od. 24.40. Epithet of οὐρανός Il. 1.497, Il. 5.750= Il. 8.394, Il. 21.388. Of the sea (no doubt sometimes with notion of depth also) Il. 14.16, Il. 19.267 : Od. 3.179, Od. 4.504, etc. 5 Of great size, great, large : λίθον Il. 7.265. Cf. Il. 3.23, Il. 5.213, Il. 11.265, Il. 16.158, Il. 18.344, 476, etc. : ἀσκόν Od. 5.266. Cf. Od. 2.94, Od. 5.234, Od. 9.240, Od. 12.173, Od. 14.530, Od. 18.118, Od. 21.177, Od. 24.80, etc. Sim. : λυκίων μέγα ἔθνος Il. 12.330. In comp. : μείζονα κρητῆρα Il. 9.202. Cf. Il. 7.268 : Od. 8.187, Od. 9.537, Od. 12.96. Of waves, big, swollen Il. 15.381, Il. 17.264, Il. 21.268, 313 : Od. 3.295, Od. 5.320, Od. 10.94, Od. 12.60, etc. Of springs, great, welling forth in abundance : κρουνῶν Il. 4.454. Of a meal, abundant, sumptuous : δόρπον Il. 19.208. 6 Of sound, mighty, loud, resounding, far-sounding : ἀλαλητῷ Il. 12.138, Il. 14.393. Cf. Il. 15.384, Il. 21.9, 256, 387 : Od. 24.463. In comp. Il. 14.4. In reference to a report or rumour or to fame, wide-spread, known far and wide : κλέος Il. 6.446, κῦδος Il. 8.176, etc. Cf. Od. 3.79, etc. In comp. : μεῖζον κλέος Od. 8.147. Cf. Od. 18.255= Od. 19.128. In superl. Od. 9.264. 7 Great, thick, stout, strong : σάκος (his ponderous shield) Il. 3.335, κληῗδα Il. 24.455. Cf. Il. 12.57, 134, 257, etc. : τειχίον Od. 16.165. Cf. Od. 12.436, etc. In comp. Il. 14.377. In superl. Il. 14.371. Of fire, etc., with powerful blaze, blazing strongly or fiercely : πῦρ Il. 8.521, Il. 9.211, σέλαϊ Il. 17.739. Cf. Od. 5.59, Od. 23.51. Of wind, blustering Od. 12.408, Od. 14.458, Od. 19.200. 8 Of the heart, great, distended with pride, full of spirit or daring, swollen, swelling: δάμασον θυμὸν μέγαν Il. 9.496. Cf. Il. 2.196, Il. 7.25, Il. 9.184, Il. 21.395. In superl. Il. 17.21. 9 Of great power or influence, of might, of power, mighty, powerful : θεός (θεόν) Il. 5.434, Il. 8.200, Il. 16.531, Il. 19.410, Il. 24.90. Sim. of the Scamander Il. 20.73, Il. 21.192, 248, 282, 329. Epithet of gods and heroes, mighty, the mighty Il. 2.134, 816, Il. 4.295, Il. 5.39, 610, 721, Il. 7.427, Il. 11.501, Il. 12.136, etc. : Od. 4.27, Od. 8.226, etc. Distinguishing the Salaminian from the lesser Aias : αἴας ὁ μέγας Il. 16.358. In superl. Il. 2.412, Il. 3.276 = 320= Il. 7.202= Il. 24.308, Il. 3.298. 10 a Of occurrences, emotions, qualities, etc., of great weight, efficacy, effect, significance, importance or value, great, mighty, weighty, heavy, potent, important, serious, significant of much : ὅρκον Il. 1.233, πένθος 254, σθένος Il. 11.11, etc. Cf. Il. 4.38, Il. 5.285, Il. 9.9, Il. 10.282, Il. 13.122, Il. 16.208, Il. 19.270, etc. : πῆμα Od. 2.163, ἔργων Od. 21.26, ἀρετῇ Od. 24.193. Cf. Od. 3.275, Od. 5.289, Od. 8.136, Od. 11.195, Od. 22.149, Od. 23.188, etc. In comp. Il. 9.498, Il. 13.120, Il. 15.121 : Od. 2.48, Od. 11.474, Od. 16.291, etc. In superl. Il. 1.525, Il. 2.118, Il. 15.37, Il. 22.288, etc. : Od. 1.70, Od. 5.4, 185. Of great value, price or amount, valuable, costly, precious : δῶρον Il. 9.576, χρεῖος Il. 11.698. Cf. Il. 10.304, 401, Il. 22.163, etc. : ἄγαλμα Od. 8.509. In comp. Il. 1.167, Il. 23.551, 593. In superl. Il. 23.640. Absol. : σὺν μεγάλῳ ἀπέτεισαν (with a heavy penalty, at a grievous rate) Il. 4.161 : λίην μέγα εἶπες (too great a thing to be looked for) Od. 3.227, etc. b In bad sense, violent, outrageous, audacious, evil : ἔργον Od. 3.261, Od. 11.272, Od. 12.373, Od. 19.92, Od. 24.426, 458. 11 In neut. sing. μέγα as adv. a Greatly, much, in a high degree, to a great extent, far : μ. κεν κεχαροίατο Il. 1.256. Cf. Il. 1.103, Il. 2.27, Il. 6.261, Il. 9.509, Il. 18.162, Il. 23.682, etc. : μ. δυναμένοιο Od. 1.276. Cf. Od. 4.30, 503, Od. 15.376, Od. 16.139, Od. 21.247, etc. With power or might : μ. πάντων Ἀργείων ἤνασσεν Il. 10.32, μ. ἔξιδεν (with all his might) Il. 20.342. Cf. Il. 1.78, Il. 16.172 : Od. 11.485, Od. 15.274.–μ. φρονέων, with great things in the mind, at a high pitch of resolve or endeavourIl. 8.553, Il. 11.296, 325, Il. 13.156, Il. 16.258, 758, 824, Il. 22.21.–μ. εἰπεῖν, to talk bigOd. 22.288. b Strengthening an adj. or adv., in a high degree, exceedingly, very : μ. νήπιος Il. 16.46, ἄνευθε μ. νῶϊν Il. 22.88. Cf. Il. 1.158, etc. : Od. 9.44, etc. Strengthening a comp. or superl., by much, by far, much : μ. ἄριστος Il. 2.82, μ. ἀμείνονες Il. 4.405. Cf. Il. 2.239, Il. 19.216, Il. 22.158, etc. : Od. 11.478, Od. 22.374, Od. 23.121, etc. Sim. : μ. ἔξοχος Il. 2.480. Cf. Od. 15.227, Od. 21.266. c In reference to sound, loudly, with a loud voice or sound : μ. ἴαχον Il. 2.333. Cf. Il. 2.784, Il. 14.147, 399, Il. 16.334, Il. 20.260, Il. 22.407, etc. : μ. ἔπταρεν Od. 17.541. Cf. Od. 9.395, Od. 10.323, Od. 17.239, etc. 12 In neut. pl. μεγάλα as adv. a Strengthening other words : μ. ἤλιθα πολλή Od. 9.330. b In reference to sound, loudly, with a loud voice or sound : μεγάλʼ εὔχετο Il. 1.450. Cf. Il. 1.482, Il. 8.75, 347, Il. 16.391, 429, Il. 23.119, etc. : μεγάλʼ αὐδήσαντος (app. connoting boastfulness) Od. 4.505. Cf. Od. 2.428, Od. 9.392, 399, Od. 14.354, Od. 20.113, Od. 21.413. Sim. in reference to the loud beating of the heart in agitation : κραδίη μ. πατάσσει Il. 13.282.