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μεγαλήτωρ

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεγαλήτωρ μεγαλήτορος

Structure: μεγαλητορος (Stem)

Etym.: h)=tor

Sense

  1. great-hearted, heroic

Declension

Third 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

  • ἀλλ’ οὐ πεῖθ’ Ἄρεοσ μεγαλήτορα θυμόν, ἀλλὰ μέγα ἰάχων φλογὶ εἴκελά τ’ ἔγχεα πάλλων καρπαλίμωσ ἐπόρουσε βίῃ Ἡρακληείῃ κακτάμεναι μεμαώσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 43:2)
  • τὰ δὲ προπεφραδμένα πολλὰ ἀέθλ’ ἔθεσαν παῖδεσ μεγαλήτοροσ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 72:4)
  • τὸν δ’ Εὐφράνοροσ ἰδών τισ εἶπεν οὐκ ἀφυῶσ δῆμον Ἐρεχθῆοσ μεγαλήτοροσ, ὅν ποτ’ Ἀθήνη θρέψε Διὸσ θυγάτηρ. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 2 1:5)
  • τὸν δ’ Εὐφράνοροσ ἰδών τισ εἶπεν οὐκ ἀφυῶσ δῆμον Ἐρεχθῆοσ μεγαλήτοροσ, ὃν ποτ’ Ἀθήνη θρέψε Διὸσ θυγάτηρ. (Plutarch, De gloria Atheniensium, section 2 5:1)
  • αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ βούλευσα κατὰ μεγαλήτορα θυμόν· (Plutarch, Lives, chapter 32 5:2)

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

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