Megale

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mĕgălē: ēs, f., = Μεγάλη (the great, exalted),
I a surname of the Magna Mater, Calend. Verrii Fl. in Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 389;
v. the foll.—
II Derivv.
   A Mĕgă-lensis (Mĕgălēsis), e, adj.
   1    Of or belonging to the Magna Mater (only postAug.): ludorum Megalesium spectaculum, Tac. A. 3, 6 fin.: ludis Megalensibus, Gell. 2, 24, 1: Megalensibus sacris, Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 123.—
   2    Of or belonging to the Megalesia, Megalesian: Megalensis purpura, i. e. the festival dress of the prætor worn at the Megalesia, Mart. 10, 41, 5.—Most freq. in neutr. plur. subst.: Mĕgălensia, or, in the archaic form, Mĕgălēsia, ĭum, n., also Magalesia ludi, the festival in honor of the Magna Mater, celebrated annually on the 4th of April with processions and games: Megalensia, Calend. Praenest. Verrii in Inscr. Orell. 2, p. 388 and 399; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.; v. also Müll. ib. p. 400 sq.; and cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 15 Müll.: scripsi haec ipsis Megalensibus, Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 2: pertulere deam (Magnam Matrem) pridie Idus Aprilis: isque dies festus fuit: populus frequens dona deae in Palatium tulit lectisterniumque et ludi fuere, Megalesia appellata, Liv. 29, 14 fin.; cf. id. 36, 36; Auct. Harusp. 12, 24: Megalesia, Liv. 34, 54: Megalesia ludi, Ov. F. 4, 357; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 52; Juv. 6, 69.—
   B Mĕgălēsĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Megalesia, Megalesian: mappae, Juv. 11, 191; Schol. Juv. ib.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) Mĕgălē, ēs, f. (Μεγάλη), surnom de Cybèle, d’où Megalensis, Megalensia, v. ces mots.

Latin > German (Georges)

Megalē, ēs, f. (Μεγάλη), die Große, Erhabene, Beiname der Cybele, rein lat. Magna Mater, Fasti Praenestini im Corp. inscr. Lat. 1². p. 235. – Dav.: a) Megalēnsis, e, zur Magna mater (Cybele) gehörig, megalensisch, u. zwar gew. subst. Megalēnsia, ium, n. u. Megalēsia, ium, n., das zu Ehren der Magna Mater alljährlich am 4. April mit Umzügen u. Wettspielen begangene Fest, die Megalesien, Form -ensia, Cic.: Form -esia, Cic. u.a.: Megalesia ludi, Liv. u. Ov.: ludi fuere, Megalesia appellata, Liv.: Megalesia facere, Cic. – ludi Megalensia, Tac. u. Gell.: Megalensia sacra, Plin. – dah. Megalensis purpura, das Festkleid des Prätors, an den Megalesien, Mart. – b) Megalēsiacus, a, um, zu den Megalesien gehörig, megalesisch, mappa, Iuven. 11, 193: ludi, Schol. Iuven. 6, 69: circenses, Schol. Iuven. 11, 193: mater, Cybele, Auson. ecl. 18 (de fer. Rom.), 2. p. 15 Schenkl.