Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μεγαλογνώμων

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεγαλογνώμων μεγαλογνώμον

Structure: μεγαλογνωμων (Stem)

Sense

  1. high-minded

Examples

  • ἐκεῖνό γε μὴν πῶσ οὐ καλὸν καὶ μεγαλογνῶμον, τὸ αὐτὸν μὲν ἀνδρὸσ ἔργοισ καὶ κτήμασι κοσμεῖν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ οἶκον, κύνασ τε πολλοὺσ θηρευτὰσ καὶ ἵππουσ πολεμιστηρίουσ τρέφοντα, Κυνίσκαν δὲ ἀδελφὴν οὖσαν πεῖσαι ἁρματοτροφεῖν καὶ ἐπιδεῖξαι νικώσησ αὐτῆσ ὅτι τὸ θρέμμα τοῦτο οὐκ ἀνδραγαθίασ ἀλλὰ πλούτου ἐπίδειγμά ἐστι; (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 9 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. high-minded

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

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