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μεγαλόψυχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεγαλόψυχος μεγαλόψυχον

Structure: μεγαλοψυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: yuxh/

Sense

  1. high-souled, magnanimous

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative μεγαλόψυχος μεγαλόψυχον
Genitive μεγαλοψύχου μεγαλοψύχου
Dative μεγαλοψύχῳ μεγαλοψύχῳ
Accusative μεγαλόψυχον μεγαλόψυχον
Vocative μεγαλόψυχε μεγαλόψυχον
DualN/A/V μεγαλοψύχω μεγαλοψύχω
G/D μεγαλοψύχοιν μεγαλοψύχοιν
PluralNominative μεγαλόψυχοι μεγαλόψυχα
Genitive μεγαλοψύχων μεγαλοψύχων
Dative μεγαλοψύχοις μεγαλοψύχοις
Accusative μεγαλοψύχους μεγαλόψυχα
Vocative μεγαλόψυχοι μεγαλόψυχα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective μεγαλόψυχος μεγαλοψύχου μεγαλοψυχότερος μεγαλοψυχοτέρου μεγαλοψυχότατος μεγαλοψυχοτάτου
Adverb μεγαλοψύχως μεγαλοψυχότερον μεγαλοψυχότατα

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

  • μεγαλοψυχότεροσ δ’ Ἀχιλλέωσ· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 12 8:1)
  • μεγαλοψυχότεροσ δ’ Ἀχιλλέωσ· (Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, chapter 2, section 12 3:1)
  • ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἑώρων αὐτοὺσ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῖσ τοιούτοισ ἐκεῖ σεμνυνομένουσ ὡσ εὐδαίμονασ καὶ λαμπρούσ, εὐθὺσ ἡγούμην ἐν τούτοισ πρῶτον περιεῖναι δεῖν αὐτῶν καὶ μεγαλοψυχότεροσ φαίνεσθαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 307:2)

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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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