μεγᾰ-κήτης,ες, (cf.κητώεις)
A. yawning, with mighty hollows, μεγακήτεα πόντον
Od. 3.158
;with mighty maw, δελφίς
Il. 21.22
;capacious, νηῦς
8.222
, 11.5 , 600 . (Also expld. as derived fromκῆτος, μ. πόντος teeming with monsters,μ. νηῦς with a monster as figurehead.)