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μεγαλόφρων

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεγαλόφρων μεγαλόφρονος

Structure: μεγαλοφρων (Stem)

Etym.: frh/n

Sense

  1. high-minded, noble, generous
  2. arrogant

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μεγαλόφρων μεγαλόφρονε μεγαλόφρονες
Genitive μεγαλόφρονος μεγαλοφρόνοιν μεγαλοφρόνων
Dative μεγαλόφρονι μεγαλοφρόνοιν μεγαλόφροσιν*
Accusative μεγαλόφρονα μεγαλόφρονε μεγαλόφρονας
Vocative μεγαλόφρων μεγαλόφρονε μεγαλόφρονες

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

  • καὶ δέχονται καὶ ἀγαπῶσι τὸν μὲν μικρὰ καὶ πολλὰ πράττοντα δημοτικὸν καὶ φιλόπονον τὸν δὲ λαμπρὰ καὶ σεμνὰ γενναῖον καὶ μεγαλόφρονα καλοῦντεσ· (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 19 3:2)
  • , κἂν ἐλεύθεροσ μόλῃ μετέγραφεν οὐκ ἔστι δοῦλοσ, ἢν ἐλεύθεροσ μόλῃ, τῷ ἐλευθέρῳ νῦν συνεκφαίνων τὸν ἀδεᾶ καὶ μεγαλόφρονα καὶ ἀταπείνωτον. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 12 15:1)
  • καὶ ἄλλα τοίνυν, ἔφη ὁ Ἰσχόμαχοσ, θέλω σοι πάνυ μεγαλόφρονα αὐτῆσ διηγήσασθαι, ἅ μου ἅπαξ ἀκούσασα ταχὺ ἐπείθετο. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 10 2:3)
  • ὧν ἕνεκεν Τεγέα μεγαλόφρονα Κραύγιδοσ υἱὸν στᾶσεν, ἀμωμήτου κράντορ’ ἐλευθερίασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 26a4)
  • ἄξιον τοῦτό γε καὶ ἐρέσθαι ἄνδρα οἰόμενον μεγαλόφρονα εἶναι. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 100:1)

Synonyms

  1. arrogant

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

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