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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

  • τῶν δὲ κατὰ τὰσ φύσεισ καὶ τὰ ἤθη κοινοτήτων ὥσπερ ἐφαμίλλων οὐσῶν καὶ γὰρ ἀνδρεῖοι καὶ φιλόπονοι καὶ θυμοειδεῖσ καὶ μεγαλόφρονεσ ἀμφότεροι γεγόνασιν, ἐκεῖνο δόξειεν ἂν διαφορὰν ἔχειν μόνον, ὅτι Μάρκελλοσ μὲν ἐν πολλαῖσ πόλεσιν ὑποχειρίοισ γενομέναισ σφαγὰσ ἐποίησεν, Ἐπαμεινώνδασ δὲ καὶ Πελοπίδασ οὐδένα πώποτε κρατήσαντεσ ἀπέκτειναν οὐδὲ πόλεισ ἠνδραποδίσαντο. (Plutarch, Comparison of Pelopidas and Marcellus, chapter 1 1:2)

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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