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μέγας

First/Second declension Adjective; 불규칙 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέγας μεγάλη μέγα

Structure: μεγαλ (Stem) + ου (Ending)

Sense

big, large
great, mighty
marvelous, awesome

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	μέγας	μεγάλη	μέγα
	Genitive	μεγάλου	μεγάλης	μεγάλου
	Dative	μεγάλῳ	μεγάλῃ	μεγάλῳ
	Accusative	μέγαν	μεγάλην	μέγα
	Vocative	μεγάλε	μεγάλη	μέγα
Dual	N/A/V	μεγάλω	μεγάλᾱ	μεγάλω
Dual	G/D	μεγάλοιν	μεγάλαιν	μεγάλοιν
Plural	Nominative	μεγάλοι	μεγάλαι	μεγάλα
	Genitive	μεγάλων	μεγάλων	μεγάλων
	Dative	μεγάλοις	μεγάλαις	μεγάλοις
	Accusative	μεγάλους	μεγάλᾱς	μεγάλα
	Vocative	μεγάλοι	μεγάλαι	μεγάλα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	μέγας μεγάλου	μείζων μείζονος	μέγιστος μεγίστου
Adverb	μεγάλως	μεῖζον	μέγιστα

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

καὶ μετὰ τὸ ἀπελθεῖν αὐτοὺσ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ ἐγκαταλιπεῖν αὐτὸν ἐν μαλακίαισ μεγάλαισ καὶ ἐπέθεντο αὐτῷ οἱ παῖδεσ αὐτοῦ ἐν αἵμασιν υἱοῦ Ἰωδαέ τοῦ ἱερέωσ καὶ ἐθανάτωσαν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆσ κλίνησ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπέθανε. καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐν πόλει Δαυὶδ καὶ οὐκ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ τάφῳ τῶν βασιλέων. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 24:25)
θαυμάζω δὲ τὰ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, εἰ μηκέτι μνημονεύουσι, καὶ τῶν νεωτέρων, εἰ μηδενὸσ ἀκηκόασιν, ὅτι διὰ μὲν τοὺσ παραινοῦντασ ἀντέχεσθαι τῆσ εἰρήνησ οὐθὲν πώποτε κακὸν ἐπάθομεν, διὰ δὲ τοὺσ ῥᾳδίωσ πολεμεῖν αἱρουμένουσ πολλαῖσ ἤδη καὶ μεγάλαισ συμφοραῖσ περιεπέσομεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 16 4:4)
ἐν δὲ ταῖσ μεγάλαισ, διαμερισθέντων καὶ τῶν πρὸσ ἐνιαυτὸν καὶ τῶν κατὰ μῆνα δαπανωμένων, ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ περὶ σκευῶν χρήσεωσ τῶν καθ’ ἡμέραν καὶ τῶν ὀλιγάκισ, ταῦτα παραδοτέον τοῖσ ἐφεστῶσιν. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 41:1)
δοκεῖ δὲ καὶ ἐν ταῖσ μεγάλαισ οἰκονομίαισ χρήσιμοσ εἶναι θυρωρόσ, ὃσ ἂν ᾖ ἄχρηστοσ τῶν ἄλλων ἔργων, πρὸσ τὴν σωτηρίαν τῶν εἰσφερομένων καὶ ἐκφερομένων. (Aristotle, Economics, Book 1 43:2)
οὕτωσ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ, ἐν ταῖσ μεγάλαισ ζημίαισ ἐνίοτε οὐχ ἧττον τὰ μικρὰ λυπεῖ τοὺσ ἀδικουμένουσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 27 1:5)

Synonyms

big
- τροφόεις (well-fed, large, big)
- ἡλίκος (as big as)
great
- παχύς (great)
- τηλίκος (so great)

μεγάλως ()
τηλίκος (of such an age)
θαυμάσιος (wondrous)
δυσάλωτος (hard to catch or take)
κραταιός (strong)
τίμιος (valued)
ταχύς (swift)
λαῖλαψ (a tempest)
ὑπουράνιος (under heaven)
χάρμα (source of joy)
γαῦρος (exulting in)
δυσπαραίτητος (hard to move by prayer)
συντρίβω (to rub together)
ἀέξω (to increase)
δεκέτης (lasting ten years)
μεγαλωστί (far and wide)
αἰδέσιμος (exciting shame)
σχέτλιος (unwearying)
θαυμαστός (wondrous)
λαμπρός (bright)
ἐμπόδιος (at one's feet)
κοσμητός (well-ordered)
αἶπος (a height)
ἀνήνυτος (endless)
τηλικοῦτος ()
ληιστός (to be carried off as booty)
πῆμα (suffering)
θριαμβεύω (to triumph)
ἀγαστός (deserving admiration)
δεινός (terrible)

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great

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