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μέγας

First/Second declension Adjective; 불규칙 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέγας μεγάλη μέγα

Structure: μεγαλ (Stem) + ου (Ending)

Sense

  1. big, large
  2. great, mighty
  3. marvelous, awesome

Examples

  • ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ καὶ πολιοῦχοι δαίμονεσ, οἳ δὴ Κάδμου πύργουσ τούσδε ῥύεσθε, πότερον χαίρω κἀπολολύξω πόλεωσ ἀσινεῖ σωτῆρι . (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, anapests1)
  • τί νυ μήσεαι, ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 1002)
  • ὦ μεγάλε Ζεῦ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 12 16:5)

Synonyms

  1. big

  2. great

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