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μέγεθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέγεθος μέγεθη μέγεθον

Structure: μεγεθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: me/gas

Sense

greatness, magnitude, size, height, stature, loudness, in size, in size
greatness, magnitude
greatness, might, power
greatness, magnanimity

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	μέγεθος	μέγέθη	μέγεθον
	Genitive	μεγέθου	μέγέθης	μεγέθου
	Dative	μεγέθῳ	μέγέθῃ	μεγέθῳ
	Accusative	μέγεθον	μέγέθην	μέγεθον
	Vocative	μέγεθε	μέγέθη	μέγεθον
Dual	N/A/V	μεγέθω	μέγέθᾱ	μεγέθω
Dual	G/D	μεγέθοιν	μέγέθαιν	μεγέθοιν
Plural	Nominative	μέγεθοι	μέ́γεθαι	μέγεθα
	Genitive	μεγέθων	μέγεθῶν	μεγέθων
	Dative	μεγέθοις	μέγέθαις	μεγέθοις
	Accusative	μεγέθους	μέγέθᾱς	μέγεθα
	Vocative	μέγεθοι	μέ́γεθαι	μέγεθα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	μέγεθος μεγέθου	μεγεθώτερος μεγεθωτέρου	μεγεθώτατος μεγεθωτάτου
Adverb	μεγέθως	μεγεθώτερον	μεγεθώτατα

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 εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Σαμουήλ. μὴ ἐπιβλέψῃσ ἐπὶ τὴν ὄψιν αὐτοῦ μηδὲ εἰσ τὴν ἕξιν μεγέθουσ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐξουδένωκα αὐτόν. ὅτι οὐχ ὡσ ἐμβλέψεται ἄνθρωποσ, ὄψεται ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι ἄνθρωποσ ὄψεται εἰσ πρόσωπον, ὁ δὲ Θεὸσ ὄψεται εἰσ καρδίαν. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 16:7)
ἐκ γὰρ μεγέθουσ καλλονῆσ κτισμάτων ἀναλόγωσ ὁ γενεσιουργὸσ αὐτῶν θεωρεῖται. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 13:5)
οὕτω δὲ ἰσχυρά ἐστιν, ὥσθ’ ὁπόταν τι δάκνῃ, τιτρώσκει οὐκ ἀνθρώπου δέρμα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ βοὸσ καὶ ἵππου, καὶ ἐλέφαντα λυπεῖ ἐσ τὰσ ῥυτίδασ αὐτοῦ παρεισδυομένη καὶ τῇ αὑτῆσ προνομαίᾳ κατὰ λόγον τοῦ μεγέθουσ ἀμύσσουσα. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 6:1)
ὦτα δὲ μεγάλα ἔστω ταῖσ κυσὶν καὶ μαλθακά, ὥστε ὑπὸ μεγέθουσ καὶ μαλθακότητοσ ἐπικεκλασμένα φαίνεσθαι· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 5 7:1)
ὁ γὰρ ζητῶν περὶ σχήματοσ γῆσ καὶ κόσμων ἀπειρίασ καὶ μεγέθουσ ἡλίου καὶ ἀποστημάτων καὶ πρώτων στοιχείων καὶ περὶ θεῶν, εἴτε εἰσὶν εἴτε οὐκ εἰσί, καὶ περὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ τέλουσ ἀεὶ πολεμῶν καὶ διαφερόμενοσ πρόσ τινασ οὐ μόνον ἐν ἀνθρωπίναισ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν κοσμικαῖσ ἐστιν ὀχλήσεσιν. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 11:5)

κάλλος (beauty)
πολλοστημόριος (many times smaller)
ἀσυμμετρία (want of proportion or harmony)
ἀποδέω (to bind fast)
πηχυαῖος (a cubit long)
ὑπερέχω (to hold)
ὑπεραίρω (to lift or raise up over)
πάχος (thickness)
κατασκεύασμα (that which is prepared or made)
δυσφύλακτος (hard to keep off or prevent)
πηλίκος (how great or large?)
περιφάνεια (a being seen all round)
ἡλίκος (as big as)
ἀνωμαλία (unevenness)
ὄγκος (the barb)
ὑπερφυής (overgrown)
μήκων (the poppy)
μῆκος (length)
μεγαληγορία (big talking)
ἐπιρρέω (to flow upon the surface)
ὑλικός (of matter)
διαιρετός (divided)
δαπάνημα (money spent)
εὐμάθεια (readiness in learning)
ἀξίωμα (that which is thought fit)
στωμυλία (wordiness)
ἥμισυς (half)
μεγαλοπρέπεια (the character of a megalopreph)
ἀνήκω (to have come up to)
ἀπαράλλακτος (unchanged)

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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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