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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

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

  • δὴ κακοῖσ Οὐεργίνιοσ ὢν ἔργον εἰσ νοῦν βάλλεται πατρὶ μὲν ταλαίπωρον καὶ πικρόν, ἐλευθέρῳ δ’ ἀνδρὶ καὶ μεγαλόφρονι πρέπον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 37 6:1)
  • καὶ τὸ εὔχαρι οὐ σκώμμασιν ἀλλὰ τρόπῳ ἐπετήδευε, καὶ τῷ μεγαλόφρονι οὐ σὺν ὕβρει ἀλλὰ σὺν γνώμῃ ἐχρῆτο· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 11 12:1)

Synonyms

  1. arrogant

Related

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

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