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Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσωGive me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.

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|Definition=Ion. (not Hp.) μέγᾰθος Hdt. (v. infr.), also <span class="bibl">Philox.2.19</span>, εος<b class="b3">, τό</b>: (μέγας):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">greatness, magnitude</b>, opp. <b class="b3">πλῆθος</b>, Anaxag.1, etc.; πλῆθος μὲν . . ἐὰν ἀριθμητὸν ᾖ, μ. δὲ ἐὰν μετρητὸν ᾖ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1020a9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> in Hom. always <b class="b2">stature</b>, of men and women, εἶδος ἀκιδνοτέρη μέγεθός τ' εἰσάντα ἰδέσθαι <span class="bibl">Od.5.217</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.152</span>; ἐς μ. καὶ κάλλος ὁρώμενος <span class="bibl">18.219</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>154c</span>; θηλειῶν ἀρετὴ σώματος κάλλος καὶ μ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1361a7</span>: then, generally, <b class="b2">size</b>, μύρμηκες μεγάθεα ἔχοντες κυνῶν ἐλάσσονα <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.102</span>; μ. λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.3</span>; ἡ ἐπίδοσις εἰς τὸ μ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>560a20</span>; of sound, <b class="b2">loudness</b>, βοῆς μ. <span class="bibl">Th.4.126</span>: acc. as Adv., <b class="b3">λίθου λάμποντος μέγαθος</b>, = [[μεγάλως]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.44</span>; but usu., <b class="b2">in size</b>, τεῖχος κατὰ τὸν Ἀθηνέων κύκλον . . τὸ μ. <span class="bibl">Id.1.98</span>; [δένδρεον] μέγαθος κατὰ συκέην μάλιστά κῃ <span class="bibl">Id.4.23</span>; ὅσην δεῖ τὸ μ. τὴν πόλιν ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>423b</span>: also in pl., ποταμοὶ οὐ κατὰ τὸν Νεῖλον ἐόντες μεγάθεα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.202</span>; σμικροὶ τὰ μεγάθεα <span class="bibl">Id.3.107</span>; κυαμιαῖοι τὰ μ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>40</span>; μεγέθη ἔργων καὶ διαθέσεων <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>43</span> G. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> freq. in dat., <b class="b3">μεγέθει . . ἐκπρεπεστάτη</b> <b class="b2">in stature</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>184</span>; ἀνθρώπους μεγέθει μεγίστους καὶ ἥκιστα διαφόρους ἐς . . τὰ μεγέθεα Hp.<b class="b2">Aër</b>. 12; <b class="b3">πλήθεϊ μέγιστον καὶ μεγάθεϊ ὑψηλότατον</b>, of a mountain, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.203</span>; <b class="b3">κρητῆρες μεγάθεϊ μεγάλοι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">51</span>; μεγάθεϊ μέγιστος <span class="bibl">Id.7.117</span>; μ. περιμήκεας <span class="bibl">Id.2.108</span>; <b class="b3">σμικρός</b> ib.<span class="bibl">74</span>; ἐλάττω τῷ μ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>560b5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of quality and degree, <b class="b2">greatness, magnitude</b>, πόνων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 593</span>; τῆς παρανομίας <span class="bibl">Th.6.15</span>; τῆς ζημίας <span class="bibl">Lys.1.3</span>; τῆς κολάσεως <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>934b</span>; <b class="b2">importance</b>, μ. ἐχούσας πράξεις <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Isoc.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">might, power</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>273</span>; δαίμονος μεγέθει πάντα ἐπέχοντος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>8.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">greatness, magnanimity</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>14</span>; περί τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Rhet., <b class="b2">loftiness, sublimity</b>, μ. περιτιθέναι τοῖς πράγμασιν <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span> 17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>5</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>1.5</span>, etc.; λόγων μ. Longin.4.1, al.: in pl., <b class="b2">sublime objects</b>, Id.9.1, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Math., <b class="b2">magnitude</b>, <span class="bibl">Gorg.3</span>; μ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>57d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Comm.Math.</span>3</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">extension</b>, <span class="bibl">Plot.2.4.11</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">magnitudes</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>356c</span>; τὰ μ. τὰ γεγραμμένα <span class="title">IG</span>7.3073.102 (Lebad.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Astron., <b class="b2">magnitude</b>, of stars, <span class="bibl">Cleom. 1.11</span>, Ptol.<span class="title">Alm.</span>7 passim. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Gramm., <b class="b2">metrical length</b>, τὸ μέγιστον μ. τρίχρονον <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>133.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>419.50</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τὰ ἐν τῷ μέτρῳ μ</b>. the recognized <b class="b2">lengths</b> of lines in a metre, <span class="bibl">Heph.12.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">τὸ μ. τινός</b>, as title, his <b class="b2">Highness</b>, POxy.2107.8 (iii A. D.); τὸ σὸν μ. <span class="title">Cod.Just.</span>8.10.12.1a.</span>
|Definition=Ion. (not Hp.) μέγᾰθος Hdt. (v. infr.), also <span class="bibl">Philox.2.19</span>, εος<b class="b3">, τό</b>: (μέγας):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">greatness, magnitude</b>, opp. <b class="b3">πλῆθος</b>, Anaxag.1, etc.; πλῆθος μὲν . . ἐὰν ἀριθμητὸν ᾖ, μ. δὲ ἐὰν μετρητὸν ᾖ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1020a9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> in Hom. always <b class="b2">stature</b>, of men and women, εἶδος ἀκιδνοτέρη μέγεθός τ' εἰσάντα ἰδέσθαι <span class="bibl">Od.5.217</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">6.152</span>; ἐς μ. καὶ κάλλος ὁρώμενος <span class="bibl">18.219</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>154c</span>; θηλειῶν ἀρετὴ σώματος κάλλος καὶ μ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1361a7</span>: then, generally, <b class="b2">size</b>, μύρμηκες μεγάθεα ἔχοντες κυνῶν ἐλάσσονα <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.102</span>; μ. λαβεῖν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.3</span>; ἡ ἐπίδοσις εἰς τὸ μ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>560a20</span>; of sound, <b class="b2">loudness</b>, βοῆς μ. <span class="bibl">Th.4.126</span>: acc. as Adv., <b class="b3">λίθου λάμποντος μέγαθος</b>, = [[μεγάλως]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.44</span>; but usu., <b class="b2">in size</b>, τεῖχος κατὰ τὸν Ἀθηνέων κύκλον . . τὸ μ. <span class="bibl">Id.1.98</span>; [δένδρεον] μέγαθος κατὰ συκέην μάλιστά κῃ <span class="bibl">Id.4.23</span>; ὅσην δεῖ τὸ μ. τὴν πόλιν ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>423b</span>: also in pl., ποταμοὶ οὐ κατὰ τὸν Νεῖλον ἐόντες μεγάθεα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.202</span>; σμικροὶ τὰ μεγάθεα <span class="bibl">Id.3.107</span>; κυαμιαῖοι τὰ μ. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>40</span>; μεγέθη ἔργων καὶ διαθέσεων <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.</span>43</span> G. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> freq. in dat., <b class="b3">μεγέθει . . ἐκπρεπεστάτη</b> <b class="b2">in stature</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>184</span>; ἀνθρώπους μεγέθει μεγίστους καὶ ἥκιστα διαφόρους ἐς . . τὰ μεγέθεα Hp.<b class="b2">Aër</b>. 12; <b class="b3">πλήθεϊ μέγιστον καὶ μεγάθεϊ ὑψηλότατον</b>, of a mountain, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.203</span>; <b class="b3">κρητῆρες μεγάθεϊ μεγάλοι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">51</span>; μεγάθεϊ μέγιστος <span class="bibl">Id.7.117</span>; μ. περιμήκεας <span class="bibl">Id.2.108</span>; <b class="b3">σμικρός</b> ib.<span class="bibl">74</span>; ἐλάττω τῷ μ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>560b5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of quality and degree, <b class="b2">greatness, magnitude</b>, πόνων <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 593</span>; τῆς παρανομίας <span class="bibl">Th.6.15</span>; τῆς ζημίας <span class="bibl">Lys.1.3</span>; τῆς κολάσεως <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>934b</span>; <b class="b2">importance</b>, μ. ἐχούσας πράξεις <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Isoc.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">might, power</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>273</span>; δαίμονος μεγέθει πάντα ἐπέχοντος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>8.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">greatness, magnanimity</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>14</span>; περί τι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>24</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> Rhet., <b class="b2">loftiness, sublimity</b>, μ. περιτιθέναι τοῖς πράγμασιν <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span> 17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>5</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>1.5</span>, etc.; λόγων μ. Longin.4.1, al.: in pl., <b class="b2">sublime objects</b>, Id.9.1, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Math., <b class="b2">magnitude</b>, <span class="bibl">Gorg.3</span>; μ. ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>57d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Comm.Math.</span>3</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">extension</b>, <span class="bibl">Plot.2.4.11</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">magnitudes</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>356c</span>; τὰ μ. τὰ γεγραμμένα <span class="title">IG</span>7.3073.102 (Lebad.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Astron., <b class="b2">magnitude</b>, of stars, <span class="bibl">Cleom. 1.11</span>, Ptol.<span class="title">Alm.</span>7 passim. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Gramm., <b class="b2">metrical length</b>, τὸ μέγιστον μ. τρίχρονον <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>133.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>419.50</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τὰ ἐν τῷ μέτρῳ μ</b>. the recognized <b class="b2">lengths</b> of lines in a metre, <span class="bibl">Heph.12.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">τὸ μ. τινός</b>, as title, his <b class="b2">Highness</b>, POxy.2107.8 (iii A. D.); τὸ σὸν μ. <span class="title">Cod.Just.</span>8.10.12.1a.</span>
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English (LSJ)

Ion. (not Hp.) μέγᾰθος Hdt. (v. infr.), also Philox.2.19, εος, τό: (μέγας):—

   A greatness, magnitude, opp. πλῆθος, Anaxag.1, etc.; πλῆθος μὲν . . ἐὰν ἀριθμητὸν ᾖ, μ. δὲ ἐὰν μετρητὸν ᾖ Arist.Metaph. 1020a9.    I in Hom. always stature, of men and women, εἶδος ἀκιδνοτέρη μέγεθός τ' εἰσάντα ἰδέσθαι Od.5.217, cf. 6.152; ἐς μ. καὶ κάλλος ὁρώμενος 18.219, cf. Pl.Chrm.154c; θηλειῶν ἀρετὴ σώματος κάλλος καὶ μ. Arist.Rh.1361a7: then, generally, size, μύρμηκες μεγάθεα ἔχοντες κυνῶν ἐλάσσονα Hdt.3.102; μ. λαβεῖν X.Cyr.1.4.3; ἡ ἐπίδοσις εἰς τὸ μ. Arist.HA560a20; of sound, loudness, βοῆς μ. Th.4.126: acc. as Adv., λίθου λάμποντος μέγαθος, = μεγάλως, Hdt.2.44; but usu., in size, τεῖχος κατὰ τὸν Ἀθηνέων κύκλον . . τὸ μ. Id.1.98; [δένδρεον] μέγαθος κατὰ συκέην μάλιστά κῃ Id.4.23; ὅσην δεῖ τὸ μ. τὴν πόλιν ποιεῖσθαι Pl.R.423b: also in pl., ποταμοὶ οὐ κατὰ τὸν Νεῖλον ἐόντες μεγάθεα Hdt.2.10, cf. 1.202; σμικροὶ τὰ μεγάθεα Id.3.107; κυαμιαῖοι τὰ μ. Luc.Herm.40; μεγέθη ἔργων καὶ διαθέσεων Epicur.Nat.43 G.    2 freq. in dat., μεγέθει . . ἐκπρεπεστάτη in stature, A.Pers.184; ἀνθρώπους μεγέθει μεγίστους καὶ ἥκιστα διαφόρους ἐς . . τὰ μεγέθεα Hp.Aër. 12; πλήθεϊ μέγιστον καὶ μεγάθεϊ ὑψηλότατον, of a mountain, Hdt.1.203; κρητῆρες μεγάθεϊ μεγάλοι ib.51; μεγάθεϊ μέγιστος Id.7.117; μ. περιμήκεας Id.2.108; σμικρός ib.74; ἐλάττω τῷ μ. Arist.HA560b5.    II of quality and degree, greatness, magnitude, πόνων E.Hel. 593; τῆς παρανομίας Th.6.15; τῆς ζημίας Lys.1.3; τῆς κολάσεως Pl. Lg.934b; importance, μ. ἐχούσας πράξεις D.H.Isoc.6.    2 might, power, E.Ba.273; δαίμονος μεγέθει πάντα ἐπέχοντος X.Smp.8.1.    3 greatness, magnanimity, Plu.Alex.14; περί τι Id.Ant.24.    4 Rhet., loftiness, sublimity, μ. περιτιθέναι τοῖς πράγμασιν D.H.Comp. 17, cf. Demetr.Eloc.5, Hermog.Id.1.5, etc.; λόγων μ. Longin.4.1, al.: in pl., sublime objects, Id.9.1, al.    III Math., magnitude, Gorg.3; μ. ἔχειν Pl.Ti.57d, cf. Iamb.Comm.Math.3, etc.; extension, Plot.2.4.11: in pl., magnitudes, Pl.Prt.356c; τὰ μ. τὰ γεγραμμένα IG7.3073.102 (Lebad.).    2 Astron., magnitude, of stars, Cleom. 1.11, Ptol.Alm.7 passim.    IV Gramm., metrical length, τὸ μέγιστον μ. τρίχρονον A.D.Synt.133.26, cf. EM419.50.    2 τὰ ἐν τῷ μέτρῳ μ. the recognized lengths of lines in a metre, Heph.12.3.    V τὸ μ. τινός, as title, his Highness, POxy.2107.8 (iii A. D.); τὸ σὸν μ. Cod.Just.8.10.12.1a.

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[Seite 110] τό (μέγας), ion. μέγαθος, Her., die Größe, körperlich u. geistig; bei Hom. von hohem Wuchs der Männer u. Frauen, stattliche Leibesgröße, mit εἶδος vrbdn, Od. 5, 217. 6, 152; μεγέθει τι τῶν νῦν εὐπρεπεστάτα πολύ, Aesch. Pers. 180; auch μέγεθος πῶν πόνων, Eur. Hel. 599; πόλεως, Andr. 196; μ. λαμβάνειν, heranwachsen, Xen. Cyr. 1, 4, 3; μέγεθος τοῦ στόλου, Plat. Legg. III, 698 b; καὶ πλῆθος, V, 733 b; ῥώμη, Rep. VI, 488 a; auch im plur., μεγέθεσι κάλλεσί τε ἔργων, Critia. 115 d; Her. sagt μεγάθεϊ μέγας, σμικρός, 1, 51. 4, 52; häufig steht μέγεθος absolut, was die Größe anbetrifft, an Größe, 1, 98. 2, 44. 73; auch im plur., εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι ποταμοὶ οὐ. κατὰ τὸν Νεῖλον ἐόντες μεγάθεα, 2, 10; ὅσην δεῖ τὸ μέγεθος τὴν πόλιν ποιεῖσθαι, Plat. Rep. IV, 423 b; θαυμαστὸς ἐφάνη τό τε μέγεθος καὶ τὸ κάλλος, Charmid. 154 c, u. so bei den Folgdn; seltener μεγέθει μεγίστη πόλις, Luc. hist. conscr. 31.