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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> Radic. [[sense]], opp. to [[μικρός]], [[σμικρός]], big, [[great]], of men's [[stature]], [[tall]], Hom.; of women, [[καλή]] τε [[μεγάλη]] τε Od.:—also, [[great]], [[full]]-[[grown]], of age as shewn by [[stature]], Od., Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[vast]], [[high]], [[οὐρανός]], [[ὄρος]], [[πύργος]] Hom.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[vast]], [[spacious]], [[wide]], πέλαγός, [[αἰγιαλός]], etc., Hom.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of Degree, [[great]], [[strong]], [[mighty]], of gods, Hom., etc.; [[μεγάλα]] θεά, of [[Demeter]] and [[Proserpine]], Soph.; [[μέγας]] ηὐξήθη [[rose]] to [[greatness]], Dem.; βασιλεὺς ὁ [[μέγας]], i. e. the King of [[Persia]], le [[grand]] monarque, Hdt.; βασιλεὺς [[μέγας]] Aesch.; ὁ μ. ἐπικληθεὶς [[Ἀντίοχος]] the Great, Polyb.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[great]], [[strong]], [[violent]], etc., [[ἄνεμος]], [[λαῖλαψ]] Hom.; of properties, passions, etc., Hom., etc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of sounds, [[great]], [[loud]], Hom., etc.; μὴ φώνει [[μέγα]] Soph.;—but, [[μέγας]] [[λόγος]] a prevailing [[rumour]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[great]], [[mighty]], [[weighty]], [[important]], [[μέγα]] [[ἔργον]] Od.; [[μέγα]] ποιεῖσθαί τι to [[esteem]] of [[great]] [[importance]], Hdt.; καὶ τὸ μέγιστον and [[what]] is [[most]] [[important]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> in bad [[sense]], [[over]]-[[great]], [[μέγα]] [[εἰπεῖν]] to [[speak]] big, [[λίην]] [[μέγα]] [[εἰπεῖν]] Od.; [[μέγα]], [[μεγάλα]] φρονεῖν to [[have]] [[high]] thoughts, be [[presumptuous]], Soph., Eur.; [[μεγάλα]] πνεῖν Eur.<br />B. adv. [[μεγάλως]] [ᾰ], [[greatly]], [[mightily]], [[exceedingly]], Lat. [[magnopere]], Hom., Aesch.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> neut. sg. and pl. [[μέγα]] and [[μεγάλα]] as adv., [[very]] [[much]], [[exceedingly]], Hom.; with verbs of [[sound]], [[aloud]], [[loudly]], Hom.; so in [[attic]]<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of Space, far, [[μέγα]] [[ἄνευθε]] far [[away]], Il., etc.:—with comp. and Sup. by far, μέγ' [[ἀμείνων]], [[ἄριστος]], [[φέρτατος]] Hom.<br />C. degrees of Comparison:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> comp. [[μείζων]] (for μεγίων), -ον, gen. -ονος, Hom., [[attic]]; ionic [[μέζων]], ον, Hdt.; [[later]] also μειζότερος, NTest.:— greater, Hom., etc.; also, too [[great]], too [[much]], [[more]] [[than]] [[enough]], Plat.:—adv. [[μειζόνως]] Eur.; ionic [[μεζόνως]] Hdt., etc.; also neut. as adv., [[μεῖζον]] σθένειν Soph., etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> Sup. [[μέγιστος]], η, ον, Hom.:—neut. as adv., μέγιστον ἰσχύειν Soph.; with [[another]] Sup. μέγιστον [[ἔχθιστος]] Eur.:—also in pl., χαῖρ' ὡς μέγιστα Soph.

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