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|Definition=Ion. (not Hp.) μέγᾰθος Hdt. (v. infr.), also <span class="bibl">Philox.2.19</span>, εος, τό: (μέγας):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[greatness]], [[magnitude]], opp. [[πλῆθος]], 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"><span class="bld">I</span> in Hom. always [[stature]], 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, [[size]], 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, [[loudness]], 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., [[in size]], 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 plural, 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"><span class="bld">2</span> freq. in dat., <b class="b3">μεγέθει… ἐκπρεπεστάτη</b> [[in stature]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>184</span>; ἀνθρώπους μεγέθει μεγίστους καὶ ἥκιστα διαφόρους ἐς… τὰ μεγέθεα Hp.Aër. 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>; [[σμικρός]] ib.<span class="bibl">74</span>; ἐλάττω τῷ μ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>560b5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of quality and degree, [[greatness]], [[magnitude]], 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>; [[importance]], μ. ἐχούσας πράξεις <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Isoc.</span>6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[might]], [[power]], <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"><span class="bld">3</span> [[greatness]], [[magnanimity]], <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"><span class="bld">4</span> Rhet., [[loftiness]], [[sublimity]], 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 plural, [[sublime objects]], Id.9.1, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Math., [[magnitude]], <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.; [[extension]], <span class="bibl">Plot.2.4.11</span>: in plural, [[magnitudes]], <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"><span class="bld">2</span> Astron., [[magnitude]], of stars, <span class="bibl">Cleom. 1.11</span>, Ptol.<span class="title">Alm.</span>7 passim. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Gramm., [[metrical length]], 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"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τὰ ἐν τῷ μέτρῳ μ</b>. the recognized [[lengths]] of lines in a metre, <span class="bibl">Heph.12.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b3">τὸ μ. τινός</b>, as title, his [[Highness]], POxy.2107.8 (iii A. D.); τὸ σὸν μ. <span class="title">Cod.Just.</span>8.10.12.1a.</span>