Megareus
From LSJ
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Μεγαρεύς, -έως, ὁ, or say, son of Creon.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mĕgărēus: (quadrisyl.), a, um, adj. = Μεγαρεῖος,
I of or belonging to the city of Megara (in Megaris), Megarean (class.): Euclides Socratis discipulus, Megareus, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 129.
Mĕgăreus: (trisyl.), i, m., = Μεγαρεύς,
I a son of Neptune, and father of Hippomenes, Hyg. Fab. 157 and 185; Ov. M. 10, 605.—Hence, Mĕgărēĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Megareus, Megareian (poet.): heros, i. e. Hippomenes, Ov. M. 10, 659.
