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μέγαθος

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέγαθος μέγαθεος

Structure: μεγαθο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ionic for me/geqos.

Sense

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative μέγαθος μεγάθει μεγάθη
Genitive μεγάθους μεγάθοιν μεγαθέων
Dative μεγάθει μεγάθοιν μεγάθεσιν*
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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