μεγᾰλο-μερής, ές,
consisting of large particles, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 62a (_comparative_), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 303b27. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb -ρῶς, κατάγνυται[[ (of bone) 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.792. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II magnificent, sumptuous, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 28.20.1; παρασκευὴ καὶ πότος [prev. author] 30.14.1; δεῖπνα “IG” 7.2712.61 (Acraeph.), cf. LXX.3Mac.5.8, etc.] LXX+2nd c.BC+] adverb - ρῶς, χρῆσθαί τινι [[ “OGI” 339.68 (Sestos, 2nd c.BC),compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.25.3, 31.28.6, LXX.3Mac.6.33, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” p.93 G., 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 18.1, etc.] LXX+2nd c.BC+]: comparative -έστερον [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 24.5.5. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]