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From conflation of Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”) with its derivative *meǵh₂los (“great”).[1] Cognates include Sanskrit मह (mahá, “great, mighty, strong, abundant”), Middle Persian ms (meh, “great”) (< *mas), (Persian مه (meh)), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰- (maz-, “large”), Tocharian B māka (“large”), Hittite [script needed] (mēkkis, “much, many, numerous”), Old Armenian մեծ (mec), Old Irish maige (“great, large”), Albanian madh (“large”), Latin magnus and Old English miċel (English much).
(5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.ɡas/
(1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɡas/
(4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣas/
(10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣas/
(15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣas/
μέγᾰς • (mégas) m (feminine μεγάλη, neuter μέγᾰ); first/second declension
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μέγας”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 917-8
- “μέγας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μέγας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “μέγας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- μέγας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- μέγας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “μέγας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G3173 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ample idem, page 28.
- big idem, page 78.
- bulky idem, page 103.
- burly idem, page 105.
- capacious idem, page 111.
- commodious idem, page 148.
- considerable idem, page 163.
- distinct idem, page 241.
- enormous idem, page 276.
- extensive idem, page 296.
- gigantic idem, page 359.
- great idem, page 372.
- heavy idem, page 393.
- large idem, page 476.
- loud idem, page 501.
- lusty idem, page 505.
- mighty idem, page 528.
- palatial idem, page 589.
- potent idem, page 629.
- powerful idem, page 630.
- resonant idem, page 703.
- severe idem, page 759.
- spacious idem, page 797.
- stentorian idem, page 815.
- stout idem, page 821.
- strong idem, page 827.
- sturdy idem, page 830.
- substantial idem, page 832.
- tall idem, page 854.
- vast idem, page 945.
- Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part II: Inflection”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 311
- μεγάλος (megálos, “big, great”) (common)
From Ancient Greek μέγας, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“great”).
μέγας • (mégas) m (feminine μεγάλη, neuter μέγα)
- (formal, pompous) great, very important
- 1959 Odysseas Elytis. poem: Άξιον Εστί (To Axion Esti "It Is Worthy")
ΑΥΤΟΣ
ο κόσμος ο μικρός, ο μέγας!
AFTOS
o kósmos o mikrós, o mégas!
THIS
the small world, the great!
The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis @books.google
είναι μέγας νομικός ― eínai mégas nomikós ― he is a great legal mind
Synonym: τρανός (tranós)
- (ironically)
είναι μέγας απατεών ― eínai mégas apateón ― he is a huge conman
μέγα λάθος! ― méga láthos! ― big mistake!
- 1959 Odysseas Elytis. poem: Άξιον Εστί (To Axion Esti "It Is Worthy")
- (for important places and historical figures): with capital M → Μέγας (Mégas)
Μέγας Αλέξανδρος / o Αλέξανδρος ο Μέγας ― Mégas Aléxandros / o Aléxandros o Mégas ― Alexander the Great
Μεγάλη Αικατερίνη / η Αικατερίνη η Μεγάλη ― Megáli Aikateríni / i Aikateríni i Megáli ― Catherine the Great
- As in Ancient Greek
- μέγας είσαι Κύριε (mégas eísai Kýrie, “you are great, o Lord!”) (exclamation of surprise, disbelief)
- μέγιστος (mégistos)
- μεγιστοποιώ (megistopoió)