μεγαλοφυής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, (φυή) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[of noble nature]], ἄνδρα -έστερον ἢ κατ' ἄνθρωπον <span class="bibl">Plb.12.23.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>54</span> (Comp.); οἱ μ. τῶν ἀνθρώπων <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arr. <span class="title">Epict.</span>3.23.15</span>; μ. ἤθη καὶ πάθη <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Vett.Cens.</span>2.11</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ μ. αὐθεντία σου</b>, as a title, <span class="bibl">Just.<span class="title">Nov.</span>126.3</span> <span class="title">Ep.</span> Adv. -φῠῶς <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.17.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[endowed with genius]], Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.28 S., <span class="bibl">D.L.1.38</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ μ</b>. [[lofty genius]], Longin.9.1; τὸ-έστατον Id.34.4. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[large]], [[ἀμφίβια]] (in the Nile), <span class="bibl">Str.15.1.22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -[[φυῶς]] in bad sense, [[with exaggeration]], <span class="bibl">Cleom.2.1</span>.</span>