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μέγαθος?

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: megathos

Principal Part: μέγαθος μέγαθεος

Structure: μεγαθο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ionic for μέγεθος.

Sense

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μέγαθος μεγάθει μεγάθη
Genitive μεγάθους μεγάθοιν μεγαθέων
Dative μεγάθει μεγάθοιν μεγάθεσι(ν)
Accusative μέγαθος μεγάθει μεγάθη
Vocative μέγαθος μεγάθει μεγάθη

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

  • τὰ δὲ προπύλαια τοῦ ἱροῦ ἐς ἄνεμον βορέην ἀποκέκρινται, μέγαθος ὅσον τε ἑκατὸν ὀργυιέων. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 28:3)
  • ἕδρη μεγάλη ἀνέχει ἐκ γῆς μέγαθος ὀργυιέων δυοῖν, ἐπὶ τῆς ὁ νηὸς ἐπικέαται. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 30:1)
  • ἀλλὰ τοὺς Ἰνδοὺς γὰρ ἀπηγέεσθαι, τίγριν εἶναι μέγαθος μὲν ἡλίκον τὸν μέγιστον ἵππον, τὴν δὲ ὠκύτητα καὶ ἀλκὴν οἱήν οὐδενὶ ἄλλῳ εἰκάσαι: (Arrian, Indica, chapter 15 2:3)
  • καὶ ὄφιας δὲ λέγει Νέαρχος θηρευθῆναι αἰόλους μὲν καὶ ταχέας, μέγαθος δέ, ὃν μὲν λέγει ἑλεῖν Πείθωνα τὸν Ἀντιγένεος, πήχεων ὡς ἑκκαίδεκα: (Arrian, Indica, chapter 15 11:1)
  • καὶ λέγει ὅτι μύας τε ἐθήρων τοὺς θαλασσίους οἱ στρατιῶται, καὶ ὄστρεα δὲ καὶ τοὺς σωλῆνας καλεομένους, ἄτοπα τὸ μέγαθος, ὡς τοῖσιν ἐν τῇδε τῇ ἡμετέρῃ θαλάσσῃ συμβαλέειν: (Arrian, Indica, chapter 21 14:2)

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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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