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μεγαλοφροσύνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεγαλοφροσύνη

Structure: μεγαλοφροσυν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from megalo/frwn

Sense

  1. greatness of mind, magnanimously
  2. pride, arrogance

Examples

  • σοφὸσ εἶπεν ἐγὼ δέ τισ ὡσ ἐπέραστοσ, ὡσ καλόσ, ἠέρθην ταῖσ μεγαλοφροσύναισ, καὶ ψυχὴν δοκέεσκον ὅλην ἐπὶ χερσὶν ἐμεῖο κεῖσθαι τῆσ κούρησ, τῆσ τάχα κερδαλέησ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2991)

Synonyms

  1. greatness of mind

  2. pride

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

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