Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

Γιγάντειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Γιγάντειος Γιγάντειη Γιγάντειον

Structure: Γιγαντει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gi/gas

Sense

  1. gigantic

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἱ μὲν οὖν ἀμφὶ τὸν Ιὤνα καὶ τὸν Δεινόμαχον καὶ τὸν Κλεόδημον κεχηνότεσ ἀτενὲσ προσεῖχον αὐτῷ, γέροντεσ ἄνδρεσ ἑλκόμενοι τῆσ ῥινόσ, ἠρέμα προσκυνοῦντεσ οὕτωσ ἀπίθανον κολοσσόν, ἡμισταδιαίαν γυναῖκα, γιγάντειόν τι μορμολύκειον. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 21:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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