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1 μεγαίρη
μεγαίρωregard as too great: pres subj mp 2nd sg (epic)μεγαίρωregard as too great: pres ind mp 2nd sg (epic)μεγαίρωregard as too great: pres subj act 3rd sg (epic) -
2 μεγαίρῃ
μεγαίρωregard as too great: pres subj mp 2nd sg (epic)μεγαίρωregard as too great: pres ind mp 2nd sg (epic)μεγαίρωregard as too great: pres subj act 3rd sg (epic) -
3 μέγας
μέγᾰς, μεγάλη [pron. full] [ᾰ], me/ga?μέγαςX, gen. μεγάλου, ης, ου, dat. μεγάλῳ, ῃ, ῳ, acc. μέγᾰν, μεγάλην, μέγᾰ; dual μεγάλω, α, w; pl. μεγάλοι, μεγάλαι, μεγάλα, etc.: the stem μεγάλο- is never used in sg. nom. and acc. masc. and neut., and only once in voc. masc.,I big, of bodily size: freq. of stature,εἶδος.. μ. ἦν ὁράασθαι Od.18.4
;κεῖτο μ. μεγαλωστί Il.16.776
;ἠΰς τε μ. τε Od.9
. 508; φῶτα μέγαν καὶ καλόν ib. 513;καλή τε μεγάλη τε 15.418
;κάρτα μεγάλη καὶ εὐειδής Hdt.3.1
; φύσιν τίν' εἶχε φράζε; Answ. .b full-grown, of age as shown by stature,νῦν δ' ὅτε δὴ μ. εἰμί Od.2.314
; (anap.); later, elder of two persons of the same name, Wilcken Chr. 305 (iii B. C.);Σκιπίων ὁ μ. Plb.18.35.9
.c of animals, μ. ἵπποι, βοῦς, σῦς, Il.2.839, 18.559, Od.19.439;αἰετός Pi.I.6(5).50
.2 generally, vast, high, οὐρανός, ὄρος, πύργος, Il.1.497, 16.297, 6.386; wide, πέλαγος, λαῖτμα θαλάσσης, Od.3.179, 5.174; long, ἠϊών, αἰγιαλός, Il.12.31,2.210: sts. opp.ὀλίγος, κῦμα οὔτε μέγ' οὔτ' ὀ. Od.10.94
; but usu. opp. μικρός orσμικρός, πρὸς ἑαυτὸ ἕκαστον καὶ μ. καὶ σμικρόν Anaxag. 3
;τὸ ἄπειρον ἐκ μεγάλου καὶ μικροῦ Arist.Metaph. 987b26
, etc.II of quality or degree, great, mighty, freq. epith. of gods,ὁ μ. Ζεύς A. Supp. 1052
(lyr.), etc.; μεγάλα θεά, of Demeter and Persephone, S. OC 683 (lyr.); θεοὶ μεγάλοι, of the Cabiri, IG12(8).71 ([place name] Imbros), etc.; Μήτηρ μ., of Cybele, SIG1014.83 (Erythrae, iii B. C.), 1138.3 (Delos, ii B. C.);Μήτηρ θεῶν μ. OGI540.6
([place name] Pessinus), etc.;Ἴσιδος μ. μητρὸς θεῶν PStrassb.81.14
(ii B.C.);μ. ἡ Ἄρτεμις Ἐφεσίων Act.Ap.19.28
; τίς θεὸς μ. ὡς ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν; LXX Ps.76(77).13;ὁ μ. θεός Ep.Tit.2.13
; of men,μ. ἠδὲ κραταιός Od.18.382
;ὀλίγος καὶ μ. Callin.1.17
, etc.; μέγας ηὐξήθη rose to greatness, D.2.5; ἤρθη μ. ib.8; βασιλεὺς ὁ μ., i. e. the King of Persia, Hdt.1.188, etc. (θεῶν β. ὁ μ., of Zeus, Pi.O. 7.34);βασιλεὺς μ. A.Pers.24
(anap.); as a title of special monarchs,Ἀρδιαῖος ὁ μ. Pl.R. 615c
;ὁ μ. Ἀλέξανδρος Ath.1.3d
;ὁ μ. ἐπικληθεὶς Ἀντίοχος Plb.4.2.7
, etc.;μ. φίλος E.Med. 549
;πλούτῳ τε κἀνδρείᾳ μ. Id.Tr. 674
;ἐπὶ μέγα ἦλθεν ἰσχύος Th.2.97
.2 strong, of the elements, etc., ἄνεμος, λαῖλαψ, Ζέφυρος, Od.19.200, 12.408, 14.458; of properties, passions, qualities, feelings, etc., of men, θάρσος, πένθος, ποθή, etc., 9.381, Il.1.254, 11.471, etc.;ἀρετή Od.24.193
, Pi. O.8.5;θυμός Il.9.496
, E.Or. 702;κλέος Il.6.446
;ἄχος 9.9
;πυρετός Ev.Luc.4.38
(incorrect acc. to Gal.7.275); ἡ μ. νοῦσος epilepsy, Hp. Epid.6.6.5, cf. Gal.17(2).341.3 of sounds, great, loud, ἀλαλητός, ἰαχή, πάταγος, ὀρυμαγδός, Il.12.138, 15.384, 21.9, 256; θόρυβοι, κωκυτός, S.Aj. 142 (anap.), E.Med. 1176; ;μὴ φώνει μέγα S.Ph. 574
.4 generally, great, mighty,ὅρκος Il.19.113
; ὄλβος, τιμά, Pi.O.1.56, P.4.148; μ. λόγος, μῦθος, a great story, rumour, A.Pr. 732, S.Aj. 226 (lyr.); ἐρώτημα a big, i. e. difficult, question, Pl.Euthd. 275d, Hp.Ma. 287b; weighty, important,τόδε μεῖζον Od.16.291
; μέγα ποιέεσθαί τι to esteem of great importance, Hdt.3.42, cf. 9.111;μέγα γενέσθαι εἴς τι X.HG7.5.6
;μ. ὑπάρχειν πρός τι Id.Mem.2.3.4
;μέγα διαφέρειν εἴς τι Pl.Lg. 78o
c; οὐκ ἂν εἴη παρὰ μέγα τὸ δικολογεῖν not of great importance, Phld.Rh.2.85 S.; τὸ δὲ μέγιστον and what is most important, Th.4.70, cf. 1.142; οἱ μέγιστοι καιροί the most pressing emergencies, D.20.44; μ. ὠνησάμενοι χρημάτων for large sums, Plb. 4.50.3, etc.5 with a bad sense, over-great, μέγα εἰπεῖν to speak big, and so provoke divine wrath, Od.22.288;λίην μέγα εἶπες 3.227
, 16.243;μέγα ἔργον 3.261
, Pi.N.10.64;ἔργων μ. A.Ag. 1546
(anap.);ὠμὸν τὸ βούλευμα καὶ μ. Th.3.36
; ἔπος μ., μ. λόγοι, S.Aj. 423 (lyr.), Ant. 1350 (anap.); μ. γλῶσσα ib. 127 (anap.);μηδὲν μέγ' εἴπῃς Id.Aj. 386
;μὴ μέγα λέγε Pl.Phd. 95b
;μὴ μεγάλα λίαν λέγε Ar.Ra. 835
;μέγα φρονεῖν S.OT 1078
, E.Hipp.6;μεγάλα φρονεῖν Ar.Ach. 988
; μεγάλα, μεῖζον ἢ δικαίως πνεῖν, E.Andr. 189, A.Ag. 376 (lyr.);μέγα τι παθεῖν X.An.5.8.17
; .6 of style. impressive, Demetr.Eloc. 278; μεῖζον more striking, ib. 103.7 of days, long, Gal.12.714.B Adv. μεγάλως [ᾰ] greatly, mightily, Od.16.432, Hes.Th. 429, Hdt.1.16,30, al., X.Cyr.8.2.10, Parth.28.1, etc.; strengthd.,μάλα μ. Il.17.723
;δμαθέντες μ. A.Pers. 907
(lyr.); with Adjs., Hdt. 1.4, 7.190.II more freq. neut. sg. μέγα as Adv., very much, exceedingly, μ. χαῖρε all hail!, v. l. for μάλα in Od.24.402; esp. with Verbs expressing strong feeling,μ. κεν κεχαροίατο Il.1.256
;μ. κήδεται 2.27
, etc.: with Verbs expressing power, might,μ. πάντων.. κρατέει 1.78
;ὃς μ. πάντων.. ἤνασσε 10.32
;πατρὸς μ. δυναμένοιο Od.1.276
, cf. Hom.Epigr.15.1, A.Eu. 950 (anap.), E.Hel. 1358 (lyr.), Ar.Ra. 141, Pl.R. 366a;μ. δύνασθαι παρά τινι Th.2.29
;πλουτέειν μ. Hdt.1.32
; or those expressing sound, loudly, μ. ἰάχειν, ἀῧσαι, βοῆσαι, εὔξασθαι, ἀμβῶσαι, Il.2.333, 14.147, 17.334, Od.17.239, Hdt.1.8 (also pl.,μεγάλ' εὔχετο Il.1.450
; μ. αὐδήσαντος, μ. ἤπυεν, Od.4.505, 9.399): strengthd.,μάλα μ. Il.15.321
;μ. δ' ἔβραχε φήγινος ἄξων 5.838
, etc.: so in Trag. with all kinds of Verbs, μ. στένειν, σθένειν, χλίειν, A.Ag. 711 (lyr.), 938, Ch. 137: also in pl.,μεγάλα.. δυστυχεῖς Id.Eu. 791
(lyr.).2 of Space, far,μέγα προθορών Il.14.363
; ἄνευθε μέγα far away, 22.88; .3 with Adjs., as μέγ' ἔξοχος, μέγα νήπιος, Il.2.480, 16.46; μ. νήπιε Orac. ap. Hdt.1.85;μ. πλούσιος Id.1.32
, 7.190;ὦ μέγ' εὔδαιμον κόρη A.Pr. 647
: with [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup., by far, μέγ' ἀμείνονες, ἄριστος, φέρτατος, Il.4.405, 2.82, 16.21.C degrees of Comparison (regul. μεγαλώτερος, -ώτατος late, EM780.1,2):1 [comp] Comp. μείζων, ον, gen. ονος, [dialect] Ep., [dialect] Att. (also Delph., SIG 246 H 260 (iv B. C.)); [dialect] Ion., Arc., [dialect] Dor., [dialect] Aeol. μέζων, ον, Heraclit. 25, Hp.Acut.44, Hdt.1.26, IG7.235.16 ([place name] Oropus), 5(2).3.18 ([place name] Tegea), Epich.62 (also early [dialect] Att., IG12.22.65, but [με] ίζων ib.6.93, by analogy of ὀλείζων ib.76,95); dat. pl.μεζόνεσσι Diotog.
ap. Stob.4.7.62: written μέσδων in Sapph.Supp.7.6, Plu.Lyc.19: cf. [full] μέττον· μεῖζον, Hsch. (dub.); laterμειζότερος 3 Ep.Jo.4
(used as title, elder, POxy. 943.3 (vi A. D.), etc.);μειζονώτερος A.Fr. 434
:—greater, longer, taller, Il.3.168, 9.202, etc.; freq. also, too great, ; Μηνόφιλος μείζων M. the elder, Ostr.Bodl.vC 2 (ii A. D.); as title, μειζων κώμης headman of a village, POxy.1626.5 (iv A. D.), etc.: generally, the higher authority, PLond.2.214.22 (iii A. D.), POxy.1204.17 (pl., iii A. D.); οὔτε μεῖζον οὔτε ἔλαττον, a strong form of denial, nothing whatever, D.H.Comp.4; . Adv. , Th.1.130, X.Cyn.13.3, Isoc.9.21, etc.; [dialect] Ion.μεζόνως Hdt.3.128
, Herod.4.80, etc.: neut. as Adv.,μεῖζον σθένειν S.Ph. 456
, E.Supp. 216;μ. ἰσχύειν D.Ep.3.28
;ἐπὶ μ. ἔρχεται S.Ph. 259
.2 [comp] Sup. μέγιστος, η, ον, Il.2.412, etc.: neut. as Adv.,μέγιστον ἴσχυσε S.Aj. 502
; δυνάμενος μ., c. gen., Hdt.7.5, 9.9: with another [comp] Sup.,μέγιστον ἐχθίστη E.Med. 1323
: in pl.,χαῖρ' ὡς μέγιστα S.Ph. 462
;θάλλει μ. Id.OC 700
(lyr.);τὰ μέγιστ' ἐτιμάθης Id.OT 1203
(lyr.); ἐς μέγιστον ib. 521;ἐς τὰ μ. Hdt.8.111
:—late [comp] Sup.μεγιστότατος PLond.1.130.49
(i/ii A. D.). (Cf. Skt. majmán- 'greatness', Lat. magnus, Goth. mikils 'great'.) -
4 μεγαίρει
μεγαίρωregard as too great: pres ind mp 2nd sg (epic)μεγαίρωregard as too great: pres ind act 3rd sg (epic) -
5 μεγαίρω
μεγαίρωregard as too great: pres subj act 1st sg (epic)μεγαίρωregard as too great: pres ind act 1st sg (epic) -
6 μέγαιρ'
μέγαιρε, μεγαίρωregard as too great: pres imperat act 2nd sg (epic)μέγαιρε, μεγαίρωregard as too great: imperf ind act 3rd sg (epic) -
7 μέγαιρε
μεγαίρωregard as too great: pres imperat act 2nd sg (epic)μεγαίρωregard as too great: imperf ind act 3rd sg (epic) -
8 μεγαίρω
A regard as too great: hence,I grudge one a thing as too great for him,μέγηρε γάρ οἱ τό γ' Ἀπόλλων Il.23.865
; ἐγὼ δέ τοι οὔ τι μεγαίρω Orac. ap. Hdt.1.66.2 c. inf. pro acc. rei, μηδὲ μεγήρῃς ἡμῖν εὐχομένοισι τελευτῆσαι τάδε ἔργα grudge us not the accomplishment.., Od.3.55, cf. h.Merc. 465: c. acc. et inf., μνηστῆρας.. οὔ τι μεγαίρω ἔρδειν ἔργα βίαια I complain not that.., Od.2.235;ὃν οὐδέ κεν αὐτὸς ἀείδειν Φοῖβος.. μεγαίροι Theoc.7.101
: c. inf. only, ἀμφὶ δὲ νεκροῖσιν κατακαιέμεν οὔ τι μεγαίρω I object not to [your] burning them, Il.7.408: with inf. understood, τάων οὔ τοι ἐγὼ πρόσθ' ἵσταμαι, οὐδὲ μεγαίρω (sc. διαπέρσαι) 4.54, cf. Call.Del. 163.3 c. dat. pers. only, feel a grudge towards,Δαναοῖσι μεγήρας Il.15.473
.4 abs., ἢ πὺξ ἠὲ πάλῃ ἢ καὶ ποσίν, οὔ τι μεγαίρω I care not which, Od.8.206.5 c. gen. rei, ἀμενήνωσεν δέ οἱ αἰχμὴν.. Ποσειδάων, βιότοιο μεγήρας Poseidon baffled his spear grudging him the life [of Antilochus, Il.13.563;οὐ μ. τοῦδέ σοι δωρήματος A.Pr. 626
;μοι.. ἐμέγηρε τόκοιο A.R.1.289
.6 [voice] Pass., to be envied, AP9.645.10 (Maced.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > μεγαίρω
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9 ὥστε
ὥστε,A as Adv., bearing the same relation to ὡς as ὅστε to ὅς, and used by Hom. more freq. than ὡς in similes, when it is commonly written divisim, and is relat. to a demonstr. ὥς: sts. c. [tense] pres. Indic., Il.2.459 sq., 12.421, 13.703: sts. c. [tense] aor.,ὥς τε λέων ἐχάρη 3.23
: sts. c. subj. [tense] pres. or [tense] aor., 2.474 sq., 11.67, 16.428, Od.22.302: all three usages combined in one simile, with varied construction, Il.5.136-9:—the verb is sts. omitted,λάμφ' ὥς τε στεροπή 10.154
: this usage of ὥστε is chiefly [dialect] Ep. (Pi. uses ὧτε, q. v.), but it occurs in Alc.(?)27 (prob.), B.12.124 and sts. in Trag., , cf. Th.62, Pers. 424, Ch. 421 (lyr.), S.OC 343, Ant. 1033, Tr. 112 (lyr.).II to mark the power or virtue by which one does a thing, as being, inasmuch as, like ἅτε, τὸν δ' ἐξήρπαξ' Ἀφροδίτη ῥεῖα μάλ', ὥ. θεός Il.3.381, cf. 18.518; ὥ. περὶ ψυχῆς since it was for life, Od.9.423;ὥ. ταῦτα νομίζων Hdt.1.8
, cf. 5.83, 101, 6.94.B as Conj. to express the actual or intended result of the action in the principal clause:I mostly c. inf., so as or for to do a thing, twice in Hom., εἰ δέ σοι θυμὸς ἐπέσσυται, ὥ. νέεσθαι if thy heart is eager to return, Il.9.42; οὐ τηλίκος.., ὥ. σημάντορι πάντα πιθέσθαι not of such age as to obey a master in all things, Od.17.21;ῥηϊδίως κεν ἐργάσσαιο, ὥ. σε κεἰς ἐνιαυτὸν ἔχειν Hes.Op.44
; ὥ. ἀποπλησθῆναι ( ἀποπλῆσαι codd.)τὸν χρησμόν Hdt.8.96
: freq. in Pi., O.9.74, N.5.1, 35, al.; also in Trag. and [dialect] Att. after demonstratives, , etc.; this constr. is found in cases where (as in Il.9.42 supr. cit.) ὥστε seems superfluous; so afterἐθέλειν, Κύπρις.. ἤθελ' ὥ. γίγνεσθαι τόδε E.Hipp. 1327
; after ἔστι, for ἔξεστι, S.Ph. 656; after ψηφίζεσθαι, Th.5.17; after ἐπαίρειν, E.Supp. 581;ἐπαγγελλόμενοι ὥ. βοηθεῖν Th.8.86
; after words implying request,δεηθέντες.. ὥ. ψηφίσασθαι Id.1.119
;πεῖσαι ὥ. συγχωρῆσαι Id.8.45
.2 after Comparatives with ἤ, when the possibility of the consequence is denied (cf.ὡς B. 111.2
), μέζω κακὰ ἢ ὥστε ἀνακλαίειν woes too great for tears, Hdt. 3.14;μεῖζον ἢ ὥστε φέρειν δύνασθαι κακόν X.Mem.3.5.17
: but in Poetry ὥστε is sts. left out, ;κρείσσον' ἢ φέρειν κακά E.Hec. 1107
(rarely in Prose, Pl.Tht. 149c); similarly with the Posit., ψυχρὸν ὥ. λούσασθαι too cold to bathe in, X.Mem.3.13.3; ἡμεῖς ἔτι νέοι ὥ. διελέσθαι too young to.., Pl.Prt. 314b;γέρων ἐκεῖνος ὥ. δ' ὠφελεῖν παρών E.Andr.80
: this ὥστε is sts. omitted after words implying comparison, ὀλίγους εἶναι στρατιῇ τῇ Μήδων συμβαλέειν too few.. Hdt.6.109;ταπεινὴ ἡ διάνοια ἐγκαρτερεῖν Th.2.61
, etc.3 ὥστε.. ἄν is used with inf., of contingencies more or less improbable,οὕτως ἐκάετο ὥστε μήτε.. ἄλλο τι ἢ γυμνοὶ ἀνέχεσθαι, ἥδιστά τε ἂν ἐς ὕσωρ ψυχρὸν σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ῥίπτειν Th.2.49
, cf. S.OT 374, El. 1316, D.8.35.4 sts. implying on condition that.., like ἐφ' ᾧτε, παραδοῦναι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς Ἀθηναίοις, ὥστε βουλεῦσαι ὅ τι ἂν ἐκείνοις δοκῇ Th.4.37, cf. X.An.5.6.26.II c. Indic., to express the actual or possible result with emphasis,οὐκ οὕτω φρενοβλαβὴς ὁ Πρίαμος οὐδὲ οἱ ἄλλοι.., ὥ. κινδυνεύειν ἐβούλοντο Hdt.2.120
(fort. delendum ἐβούλοντο); ἀσθενέες οὕτω, ὥ... διατετρανέεις Id.3.12
; οὕτως ἀγνωμόνως ἔχετε, ὥ. ἐλπίζετε .. ; are you so foolish that you expect.. ? D.2.26,βέβηκεν, ὥ. πᾶν ἐν ἡσύχῳ ἔξεστι φωνεῖν S.OC82
, cf. OT 533: freq. in X., Mem.2.2.3, al.; with ἄν and the [tense] impf. or [tense] aor. implying a supposed case,ὥστ', εἰ φρονῶν ἔπρασσον, οὐδ' ἂν ὧδ' ἐγιγνόμην κακός S.OC 271
; ὥστε οὐκ ἂν ἔλαθεναὐτόθεν ὁρμώμενος Th.5.6
:ὥστε τὴν πόλιν ἂν ἡγήσω πολέμου ἐργαστήριον εἶναι X.Ages.1.26
.2 at the beginning of a sentence, to mark a strong conclusion, and so, therefore,ὥστ'.. ὄλωλα καί σε προσδιαφθερῶ S.Ph.75
; ;ὥ. καὶ ταῦτα λεχθήσεται Arist.Metaph. 1004a22
: c. imper.,θνητὸς δ' Ὀρέστης, ὥ. μὴ λίαν στένε S.El. 1172
;ὥ. θάρρει X.Cyr.1.3.18
, cf. Pl.Prt. 311a;ὥ. ἂν βούλησθε χειροτονήσατε D.9.70
cod.A (- ήσετε cett.); before a question,ὥ. τίς ἂν ἀπετόλμησε..; Lys.7.28
.3 c. opt., with ἄν, Hdt.2.16;βρέφος γὰρ ἦν τότ'.., ὥστ' οὐκ ἂν αὐτὸν γνωρίσαιμ' E.Or. 379
, cf. S.OT 857, Ar.Ach. 943 (lyr.). b. c. opt. in orat. obliq., X.HG3.5.23; after opt. in principal clause, Id.Oec.1.13.4 with subj., in order that, in Thessalian dialect,τὸς ταμίας φροντίσαι οὕστε.. γενειθεῖ τᾶ πόλι ἁ δόσις BCH59.38
([place name] Crannon); ἀντιλλαβέσθαι τᾶς πόλλιος (sic) οὕστε.. ἐς πάντουν ἐγλυθεῖ τοῦν δανείουν ib.p.37.III with part., instead of inf., after a part. in the principal clause,τοσοῦτον ἁπάντων διενεγκόντες, ὥσθ' ὑπὲρ Ἀργείων δυστυχησάντων Θηβαίοις.. ἐπιτάττοντες κτλ. Isoc.4.64
(s. v.l.); οὕτω σφόδρα μισοῦντα τοῦτον, ὥστε πολὺ δὴ (ἂν Dobree)θᾶττον διαθέμενον κτλ. Is.9.16
;ὥστε.. δέον D.3.1
.V in later Greek, folld. by Preps.,Παρμένοντι κλειδὸς ὥ. ἐπὶ τὸ Διοσκούριον Inscr.Délos316.83
(iii B. C.);ξύλον ὥ. ἐπὶ τὴν ἅμαξαν IG11(2)
287 A52 (iii B. C.); μόλυβδος ὥ. εἰς τὸ Κύνθιον ib.203A52 (iii B. C.); κριθῶν ὥ. εἰς τὰ κτήνη barley for the animals, PCair.Zen.251.5 (iii B. C.);ὥ. εἰς ξένια φοίνικας PHal.1.7.4
(iii B. C.).b c. dat., for, χρεία αὐτοῦ ἐστὶν ὥ. Πισικλεῖ it is needed for P., PCair.Zen. 241 (iii B. C.);ὥ. τοῖς χησίν IG11(2).287
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10 κρείσσων
κρείσσων, ον, gen. ονος, as always in [dialect] Ep. and old [dialect] Att.; later [dialect] Att. [full] κρείττων; [dialect] Ion. [full] κρέσσων Hp.Fract.3, al., v.l. in Dionys.Trag. (v. infr. 11); [dialect] Dor. [full] κάρρων (q.v.); Cret. [full] κάρτων Leg.Gort.1.15:—[comp] Comp. of κρατύς (v. κράτιστος),A stronger, mightier,κ. βασιλεύς, ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ Il.1.80
; esp. in battle,κρείσσοσιν ἶφι μάχεσθαι 21.486
;Διὸς κ. νόος ἠέ περ ἀνδρῶν 16.688
;κεραυνοῦ κρέσσον.. βέλος Pi.I.8(7).36
, cf. Hdt.7.172, Hp.l.c., etc.;κρείσσων χεῖρας Antipho 4.4.7
;τὸ τοῦ κ. συμφέρον Pl.R. 338c
, cf. Democr.267: hence, having the upper hand, superior,ὁππότερος δέ κε νικήσῃ κ. τε γένηται Il.3.71
;κ. ἀρετῇ τε βίῃ τε 23.578
: as Law-term, of witnesses, prevail,Leg.Gort.
l.c.2 freq. as [comp] Comp. of ἀγαθός, better, κρέσσονες one's betters, esp. in point of rank, Pi.O.10(11).39, N.10.72 (but also, the stronger, more powerful, E.Or. 710, Th.1.8, etc.); , cf. SIG685.134 (Magn. Mae., ii B. C.); οἱ κ. corps of guards at Thebes, Plu.2.598e; κρείσσονες θεοί, of the greater gods, as opp. to Oceanus, A.Pr. 902 (lyr.);ὁ κ. Ζεύς Id.Ag.60
(anap.); οἱ κ. the Higher Powers, Id.Fr.10, Pl.Sph. 216b, Euthd. 291a, etc.; τὰ κρείσσω, = τὰ θεῖα, E. Ion 973; τὸ κ. the Almighty, Providence, Corp.Herm.18.11, Jul.Ep. 204, Agath.1.16, Procop.Gaz. Pan.p.492; τὰ κρείσσονα one's advantages, .3 c. inf., οὔ τις ἐμεῖο κρείσσων.. δόμεναι no one has a better right to.., Od.21.345;οὐκ ἄλλος κ. παραμυθεῖσθαι Pl. Plt. 268b
; κρεῖσσόν ἐστι c. inf., 'tis better to..,κ. γάρ ἐστιν εἰσάπαξ θανεῖν ἢ.. πάσχειν κακῶς A.Pr. 750
, cf. 624, Hdt.3.52, etc.;τὸ μὴ εἶναι κ. ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς S.Fr. 488
, cf. Apollod.Com.6; also κρείσσων εἰμί c. part., κ. γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός thou wert better not alive, than living blind, S.OT 1368, cf. Aj. 635 (lyr.);κ. ἦν ὁ ἀγὼν μὴ γεγενημένος Aeschin.1.192
, cf. D.H.6.9.II c. gen. or ἤ, too great for, surpassing, beyond,ὕψος κ. ἐκπηδήματος A.Ag. 1376
; of evil deeds, κρείσσον' ἀγχόνης too bad for hanging, S.OT 1374; κρεῖσσον δεργμάτων too bad to look on, E.Hipp. 1217; ; λέγετι σιγῆς κρεῖσσον ()ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε Dionys.Trag. 6
;κρείσσον' ἢ λέξαι λόγῳ τολμήματα E.Supp. 844
; κ. ἢ λόγοισιν (sc. εἰπεῖν) Id.IT 837;ἀναρχία κ. πυρός Id.Hec. 608
; πρᾶγμα ἐλπίδος κ. γεγενημένον worse than one expected, Th.2.64;κ. λόγου τὸ κάλλος X.Mem.3.11.1
;κ. τῆς ἡμετέρας δυνάμεως Id.Cyr.7.5.9
.III having control over, master of, esp. of desires and passions,τῶν ἡδονῶν Democr.214
;τοῦ ἔρωτος X.Cyr.6.1.34
; γαστρὸς καὶ κερδέων ib.4.2.45; αὑτῶν over themselves, Pl.Phdr. 232a, al.; κ. χρημάτων superior to the influence of money, Th.2.60, Isoc.1.19;τῶν συμμάχων κ. X. Ath.2.1
; also, putting oneself above,κ. τοῦ δικαίου Th.3.84
; κρείσσους ὄντες.. τῷ λογισμῷ ἐς τὸ ἀνέλπιστον τοῦ βεβαίου having reasoned themselves into an absolute belief of the hopelessness of certainty, ib.83; φαύλους καὶ κρείττους τῆς παιδείας, = οὓς παιδευθῆναι ἀδύνατον (just below), Arist.Pol. 1316a9.IV better, more excellent,ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κ. Heraclit.54
;κ. ἐπ' ἀρετήν Democr.181
; ὁ κρείττων λόγος (opp. ὁ ἥσσων) Ar.Nu. 113; κατὰ τὸ κ. in a higher sense, opp. κατὰ τὸ χεῖρον, Dam.Pr.7.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κρείσσων
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11 μέτριος
I of Size, μ. ἄνδρες men of average height, Hdt.2.32; μ. πῆχυς the common cubit, Id.1.178; ἰσχὰς μ. a fair-sized fig, Diocl.Fr.140; of Time, μ. μῆκος λόγων the proper length of speech, Pl.Prt. 338b; μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς a fair average time of maturity, Id.R. 460e.II of Number, [ἱππεῖς] μ. a reasonable number of.., X. Cyr.2.4.14.III mostly of Degree, moderate, ;μ. νῦν ἔπος εὔχου A.Supp. 1059
(lyr.);μ. χάρις E.IA 554
(lyr.);σῖτος -ώτατος X.Lac.1.3
; τὸ μ. the mean, S.OC 1212 (lyr.), cf. Pl.Lg. 719e, Plt. 284e;ὁμολογεῖται τὸ μ. ἄριστον καὶ τὸ μέσον Arist.Pol. 1295b4
;περαιτέρω τοῦ μ. X.Mem.3.13.5
;πέρα τοῦ μ. Thphr.CP6.1.4
;ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ μ. Plu.2.656f
;τὰ μ. E.Med. 125
(anap.);εἴη γ' ἐμοὶ μέτρια Id. Ion 632
;τὰ μ. κεκτῆσθαι X.Mem.2.6.22
;μ. καὶ δίκαια Ar.Nu. 1137
; μ. φιλία a friendship not too great, E.Hipp. 253 (anap.);μετρίων λέκτρων μετρίων δὲ γάμων.. κῦρσαι θνητοῖσιν ἄριστον Id.Fr. 503
(anap.); μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι simple dress, Th.1.6; μετρία φυλακῇ not in strict custody, Id.4.30;βίος μ. καὶ βέβαιος Pl.R. 466b
; μ. σχῆμα modest apparel, Id.Grg. 511e;μ. οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι Arist.Pol. 1292b26
; οἱ μ. respectable people, D.18.10; later, poor,μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς POxy.120.7
(iv A. D.), etc.: with inf., ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν just sufficient, Pl.Phd. 117b.2 tolerable,οἷς μὴ μ. αἰών S.Ph. 179
(lyr.);ἀπὸ τῶν μ. ἐπ' ἀμήχανον ἄλγος Id.El. 140
(lyr.);μ. ἄχθος E.Alc. 884
(anap.); ; ναύταις μ. χειμὼν φέρειν ib. 688; μετρίων δεομένῳ making a moderate request, Hdt.4.84;τυχεῖν τῶν μετρίων Lys.9.4
; τὰ μ. tolerable terms. Decr. ap. D.18.165;ἐπὶ μετρίοις Th.4.22
; μηδὲν μ. λέγειν nothing tolerably accurate, Pl.Tht. 181b; - ωτάτη ἡ δημοκρατία least intolerable, Arist.Pol. 1289b4, cf. Men.532.17 ([comp] Sup.).3 of Persons, moderate in desires and the like , temperate, Ar.Pl. 245; -ώτεροι ἐς τὰ πολιτικά Th.6.89
;μ. πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς Pl.Lg. 816b
;σώφρων καὶ μ. πρὸς τὴν καθ' ἡμέραν δίαιταν Aeschin.3.170
;ἐν τῷ σίτῳ X.Cyr.5.2.17
; of Love, μάκαρες οἳ μ. θεοῦ (sc. Ἀφροδίτης) (lyr.), cf. Fr. 967 (lyr.);εἰ δ' ἦσθα μ. τἄλλα γ' ἡδίστη θεῶν πέφυκας Id.Hel. 1105
; also, moderate, fair, Thgn.615, Pl.R. 396c, etc.; a favourite word in democratic states,μ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος D.21.185
; σαυτὸν -ώτερον παρέχειν ib.134; μ. πρὸς τοὺς ὑπηκόους mild towards.., Th.1.77.B Adv. μετρίως moderately, within due limits,ἀπηγήσεσθαι Hdt.2.161
; in due measure, neither exaggerating nor depreciating,εἰπεῖν Th.2.35
; ;μ. περὶ αὑτῶν διαλεχθέντες Isoc.12.171
; μ. ἔχειν to be in due proportion, neither too much nor too little, Pl.Tht. 191d; μ. ἔχειν βίου to be moderately well off, Hdt.1.32;μ. φιλοσοφίας ἔχειν Pl.Euthd. 305d
: [comp] Comp. μετριώτερον (infr. 3), also - ωτέρως Arist.HA 587a1: [comp] Sup. - ώτατα Th.6.88, etc.2 enough,μ. κεχόρευται Ar.Nu. 1511
(anap.);μ. πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην εἰρημένα Id.Ec. 969
; moderately, pretty well,ἐν οἰκουμένῃ καὶ μ. πολιτείᾳ Pl.Lg. 936b
;σωφρονοῦσι καὶ μ. D.6.19
; μ. [λέγειν] Men.Pk. 262;ἀποδέξασθαι μ. Pl. Tht. 161b
.3 modestly, temperately, , cf. HF 709;ἀποκρίνασθαι X.An.2.3.20
;μ. βεβιωκώς Lys. 16.3
(but μ. διάγειν to be moderately off, X.Hier.1.8);πενθεῖν μ. Antiph.53.1
;φέρειν Plb.3.85.9
; on fair terms,μ. ξυναλλαγῆναι Th.4.19
, cf. 20: [comp] Comp. - ώτερον, πρός τινας φρονεῖν X.Cyr.4.3.7
.4μ. ἔχειν
to be in 'middling' health,PLips.
108.6 (ii/iii A. D.).II neut. μέτριον and μέτρια as Adv.,μέτριον ἔχειν Pl.Lg. 846c
(sed leg. μέτρον); μέτρια βασανισθείς Id.Sph. 237b
: also with Art.,τὸ μέτριον ἀποκοιμηθῆναι X.Cyr.2.4.26
;τὰ μέτρια διαφέρεσθαι Th.4.19
, cf. 8.84.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > μέτριος
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12 ἐπιβαρέω
ἐπιβαρέω 1 aor. ἐπεβάρησα to be a burden to, weigh down, burden (Dionys. Hal. 4, 9; 8, 73; Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 15 §60; 4, 31 §133; Cyr. Ins. 8f; SIG 807, 16 [c. 54 A.D.]; POxy 1481, 12 [II A.D.]; POslo 60, 8) τινά someone πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἐπιβαρῆσαί τινα ὑμῶν that I might not be a burden to any of you 1 Th 2:9; 2 Th 3:8 (cp. 2 Cor 11:9 and s. ἀβαρής, καταβαρέω; Paul emulates civic-minded pers. who did not wish the public to be burdened, s. SIG citation above; cp. IGR III, 739, 30, 57f of the billionaire Opramoas μηδὲ ἐν τούτῳ βουλόμενος βαρεῖν τὸ ἔθνος ‘not wishing in this matter to burden the people’). ἵνα μὴ ἐπιβαρῶ 2 Cor 2:5 seems to have the mng. ‘in order not to heap up too great a burden of words’= in order not to say too much (Heinrici, Schmiedel, Ltzm., H-DWendland), although there are no exx. of it in this mng. Other possibilities are exaggerate, be too severe with. On the rhetorical aspect s. CClassen, WienerStud 107/108, ’94/95, 333.—DELG s.v. βαρύς. M-M. -
13 πλεονάζω
Aπεπλεόνακα D.S.1.90
:—[voice] Pass., [tense] pf.- ασμαι Hp.Fract.7
, etc.: [tense] aor.- άσθην Id.Art.47
: ([etym.] πλέον):—to be more, esp. to be more than enough, superfluous, opp. ἐλλείπειν, ὑπολείπειν, Arist.EN 1106a31, Col. 799a18; τὸ πλεονάζον the excess, PRev.Laws 57.13 (iii B. C.), LXXEx.26.12; π. παρά c. acc., to be in excess of.., ib.Nu.3.46;ἐπλεόνασεν ἡ ἁμαρτία Ep.Rom.5.20
; of animals, have more than the due number of limbs, opp. κολοβὰ γίνεσθαι, Arist.GA 770b32; of visits, to be frequent, Plb.4.3.12; of the sea, encroach, Arist.Mete. 351b6, cf. Plu.2.366b; πάθος defined as ὁρμὴ πλεονάζουσα, Zeno Stoic.1.50; εἰκασία ἐστὶ μεταφορὰ πλεονάζουσα simile is expanded metaphor, Demetr.Eloc. 80;τὸ ς ¯ πλεονάσαν
used to excess,D.H.
Comp.14: Gramm., to be redundant, Demetr.Lac.Herc.1012.21, etc.;Ἀρίσταρχος οὐκ ἔλεγε πλεονάζειν τὸ ἄρθρον A.D.Synt.6.2
; also of letters, τὸ ε ¯ πλεονάζει (in ἑ-ώρων) Id.Pron.58.25; but π. τῷ ῑ to have an added [pron. full] ῑ (as in ἐμεῖο), ib. 38.20; cf. 111.6.2 c. gen., exceed, opp. λείπω, Ptol.Geog.1.20.7: abs., τὸ -άζον ἔργον the extra work, PLille 1v.16 (iii B. C.); τοὺς -άζοντας τῶν ρκέ (sc. ἐρίφους ) the odd 25 out of 125, PCair.Zen.422.7 (iii B. C.).II of persons, go beyond bounds, take or claim too much, Isoc.2.33, 12.85, D.9.24, 39.14: c. dat., presume upon..,εὐτυχίᾳ Th.1.120
; butπ. κυνηγεσίαις
go beyond bounds in..,Str.
11.5.1; of a writer,τοῖς ὀνόμασι π. Id.3.3.7
: abs., to be lengthy, tedious, Id.9.1.16, D.S.1.90, LXX2 Ma.2.32; περί τινος Parmenisc. ap. Ath.4.156d.2 π. τινός have an excess of, abound in a thing, opp. ἐνδεὴς εἶναι, Arist.Pol. 1257a33, cf. Epicur.Sent.4; but π. τοῦ καιροῦ exceed all bounds.., of a writer, D.H.Comp.22.III c. acc., state at a higher figure, Str.6.3.10:—[voice] Pass., to be magnified, exaggerated, [νομίσειεν ἂν] ἔστιν ἃ πλεονάζεσθαι Th.2.35
, cf. Str.2.4.3; πεπλεόνασται has been overdone, opp. ἐνδεὲς πεποίηται, Hp.Fract.7, cf. Art.47.3 eat in too great quantity, τι Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.8.356d, Dsc.4.75, 82 (all [voice] Pass.).4 raise the price of, τι Aristid.1.170J.5 [voice] Pass., to be deceived, prob. f.l. for πλεονεκτεῖσθαι, Stob.2.7.11m.6 Gramm., use in addition or redundantly, εἰώθασιν οἱ Ἀττικοὶ τὰ ἄρθρα πλεονάζειν Sch.Ar.Pl.5; :—[voice] Pass., τὸ ῡ πλεοναζόμενον ψιλοῦται ib.440.12.7 to be in excess of unity, partake of plurality, Procl.Inst.2.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > πλεονάζω
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Great bear — Great Great (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Great cattle — Great Great (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Great charter — Great Great (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Great go — Great Great (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Great guns — Great Great (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Great master — Great Great (gr[=a]t), a. [Compar. {Greater}; superl. {Greatest}.] [OE. gret, great, AS. gre[ a]t; akin to OS. & LG. gr[=o]t, D. groot, OHG. gr[=o]z, G. gross. Cf. {Groat} the coin.] 1. Large in space; of much size; big; immense; enormous;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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